python-regexHow to split using Python regex?

Python's re module provides a powerful set of tools for working with regular expressions. The re.split() function can be used to split a string into a list of substrings based on a regular expression pattern.

import re

string = "This is a string to split"

result = re.split("\s+", string)

print(result)

Output example

['This', 'is', 'a', 'string', 'to', 'split']

The code above uses the re.split() function to split the string "This is a string to split" into a list of substrings based on the regular expression pattern \s+, which matches one or more whitespace characters.

Parts of the code:

• import re: imports the re module, which provides tools for working with regular expressions.
• string = "This is a string to split": assigns the string to be split to the variable string.
• re.split("\s+", string): uses the re.split() function to split the string string into a list of substrings based on the regular expression pattern \s+, which matches one or more whitespace characters.
• print(result): prints the resulting list of substrings.

Helpful links

• Python Regular Expression Quick Guide
• Python re Module Documentation

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