[Numpy-discussion] String manipulation

[Francesc Alted]

A Monday 11 May 2009, Nils Wagner escrigué:
> Hi all,
>
> Please consider two strings
>
> >>> line_a
>
> '12345678abcdefgh12345678'
>
> >>> line_b
>
> '12345678 abcdefgh 12345678'
>
> >>> line_b.split()
>
> ['12345678', 'abcdefgh', '12345678']
>
> Is it possible to split line_a such that the output
> is
>
> ['12345678', 'abcdefgh', '12345678']

Mmh, your question is a bit too generic.  If what you want is to 
separate the strings made of digits and the ones made of letters, it is 
worth to use regular expressions:

In [22]: re.split("(\d*)", line_a)[1:-1]
Out[22]: ['12345678', 'abcdefgh', '12345678']

Although regular expressions seems a bit thought to learn, they will 
payoff your effort in many occasions.

Cheers,

-- 
Francesc Alted

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