[Tutor] shlex.split if there is an apostrophe in the string?

[Jason Staudenmayer]

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> Subject: [Tutor] shlex.split if there is an apostrophe in the string?
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> 
> I'm practicing manipulating data with a text file.  I'm trying to use
> shlex.split to break up each line, which works great until it gets to
> the first apostrophe:
> 
> fin = open('huckfinn.txt')
> startstring = 'START OF THIS PROJECT'
> 
> for line in fin:
>     print line
>     words = shlex.split(line)
> 
> This is the line is where it's choking, complaining that there is no
> closing quote:
> 
> YOU don't know about me without you have read a book by the 
> name of The
> 
> How can I get shlex.split to ignore single apostrophes such 
> as the one above?
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WARNING Total newbie here.

Looks like you need to filter you data to excape the quote marks. I'm just learning so I'm not sure how to do that yet.

Jason
 
 
 
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