Newbie question regarding string.split()

[Bruno Desthuilliers]

kevinliu23 a écrit :
> Hey guys,
> 
> So I have a question regarding the split() function in the string
> module. Let's say I have an string...
> 
> input = "2b 3 4bx 5b 2c 4a 5a 6"
> projectOptions = (input.replace(" ", "")).split('2')
The parens around the call to input.replace are useless:
   projectOptions = input.replace(" ", "").split('2')

> print projectOptions
> 
> ['', 'b34bx5b', 'c4a5a6']

(snip)

> What can I do so that the first element is not an empty
> string? but the 'b34bx5b' string as I expected?


projectOptions = filter(None, input.replace(" ", "").split('2'))