string split without consumption

[Jeffrey Froman]

robert wrote:

> thanks. Yet this does not work "naturally" consistent in my line
> processing algorithm - the further buffering. Compare e.g.
> ss.split('\n')  ..
> 
> >>> 'owi\nweoifj\nfheu\n'.split('\n')
> ['owi', 'weoifj', 'fheu', '']
> >>> 'owi\nweoifj\nfheu\nxx'.split('\n')
> ['owi', 'weoifj', 'fheu', 'xx']


Maybe this works for you?

>>> re.split(r'(\n)', ss)
['owi', '\n', 'weoifj', '\n', 'fheu', '\n', '']


Jeffrey