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Python

Posted by Stivan Radev
Stivan Radev
1,475 Points

Python split multiple delimiters

So I was able to go from this:

|g,zools|g,zoomgls|g,zorromystery|g,zunveo|g,zwaytu|g,zyc645691995|

to this:

g,zools                                                                                                        
g,zoomgls                                                                                                    
g,zorromystery                                                                                              
g,zunveo                                                                                                       
g,zwaytu                                                                                                       
g,zyc645691995

by using the following code:

text = "|g,zools|g,zoomgls|g,zorromystery|g,zunveo|g,zwaytu|g,zyc645691995|"
data = text.split("|")

print(data[0])
print(data[1])
print(data[2])

for temp in data:
  print(temp)

But now as you can see I've got those "g," still there and I was wondering how can I split with multiple delimiters? I've tried text.split("|", "g,") but I'm getting this error TypeError: 'str' object cannot be interpreted as an integer. And now I'm stuck and I do not know what else I can try. Perhaps, .split() can only use 1 delimiter?

Thanks.

3 Answers

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
243,656 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
243,656 Points

I'm not entirely sure what your objective is, do you want to remove the bar, the "g", and the comma? Then this should do it:

data = text.split("|g,")
Stivan Radev
Stivan Radev
1,475 Points
Stivan Radev
Stivan Radev
1,475 Points

Steven Parker, that is exactly my objective. Another question: Say I've got these now:

"|g,zools|t,jim54352|tr,skate9353|l,tom11|"

can I pass multiple delimiters like this

data = text.split("|g,t,tr,l,")

So that I'm just left with

zools
jim54352
skate9353
tom11

Thanks.

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
243,656 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
243,656 Points

The "|g," argument in my answer is just one delimiter with multiple characters. It sounds like you need a function where you can create a "rule" for delimiters that would fit a number of them.

The re.split() function can do that, it's part of Python's regular expression library . There happens to be a related course here on Regular Expressions in Python.

Stivan Radev
Stivan Radev
1,475 Points
Stivan Radev
Stivan Radev
1,475 Points

Steven Parker Thank you so much for your help !!!!