Split strings on multiple patterns



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'hello you'.split()









    Out[1]:





['hello', 'you']



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'hello | you'.split('|')









    Out[3]:





['hello ', ' you']



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# Doesn't seem to like more than one delimiter
'hello | you; and, me'.split(',|;')









    Out[9]:





['hello | you; and, me']



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import re



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# Pipe-separated delimiters
# Both "," and ";" are split on
re.split(',|;', 'hello | you; and, me')









    Out[13]:





['hello | you', ' and', ' me']



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# What if you want to split on "|" too?
# Escape it: \|
re.split(',|;|\|', 'hello | you; and, me')









    Out[14]:





['hello ', ' you', ' and', ' me']