Split string into list contains alphabetical bullet list

My string contains
text = "a) Baghdad, Iraq b) United Arab Emirates (possibly)"

I want to split this in list like
["Baghdad, Iraq","United Arab Emirates (possibly)"]

The code which i have used is not providing me the desired result

re.split('\s*([a-zA-Z\d][).]|•)\s*(?=[A-Z])', text)

Please help me regarding this

edited Nov 22 at 12:24

Patrick Artner

20.3k52042

asked Nov 22 at 12:12

Sharjeel Ali Shaukat

373210

Is it possible to have a string like a) Baghdad, Iraq b) United Arab Emirates (possibly) c) Turkey if UAE is not in (b)?
– lxop
Nov 22 at 12:16

You are missing the r at the start of your regex pattern string.
– usr2564301
Nov 22 at 12:26

1

[s for s in re.split('\s*([a-zA-Z\d][).]|•)\s*(?=[A-Z])', text) if len(s) > 4]
– iamklaus
Nov 22 at 12:30

@SarthakNegi that fails for c) A
– planetmaker
Nov 22 at 12:46

@lxop yes it can also contains c d e so on......
– Sharjeel Ali Shaukat
Nov 23 at 5:26

add a comment |

My string contains
text = "a) Baghdad, Iraq b) United Arab Emirates (possibly)"

I want to split this in list like
["Baghdad, Iraq","United Arab Emirates (possibly)"]

The code which i have used is not providing me the desired result

re.split('\s*([a-zA-Z\d][).]|•)\s*(?=[A-Z])', text)

Please help me regarding this

edited Nov 22 at 12:24

Patrick Artner

20.3k52042

asked Nov 22 at 12:12

Sharjeel Ali Shaukat

373210

Is it possible to have a string like a) Baghdad, Iraq b) United Arab Emirates (possibly) c) Turkey if UAE is not in (b)?
– lxop
Nov 22 at 12:16

You are missing the r at the start of your regex pattern string.
– usr2564301
Nov 22 at 12:26

1

[s for s in re.split('\s*([a-zA-Z\d][).]|•)\s*(?=[A-Z])', text) if len(s) > 4]
– iamklaus
Nov 22 at 12:30

@SarthakNegi that fails for c) A
– planetmaker
Nov 22 at 12:46

@lxop yes it can also contains c d e so on......
– Sharjeel Ali Shaukat
Nov 23 at 5:26

add a comment |

My string contains
text = "a) Baghdad, Iraq b) United Arab Emirates (possibly)"

I want to split this in list like
["Baghdad, Iraq","United Arab Emirates (possibly)"]

The code which i have used is not providing me the desired result

re.split('\s*([a-zA-Z\d][).]|•)\s*(?=[A-Z])', text)

Please help me regarding this

edited Nov 22 at 12:24

Patrick Artner

20.3k52042

asked Nov 22 at 12:12

Sharjeel Ali Shaukat

373210

My string contains
text = "a) Baghdad, Iraq b) United Arab Emirates (possibly)"

I want to split this in list like
["Baghdad, Iraq","United Arab Emirates (possibly)"]

The code which i have used is not providing me the desired result

re.split('\s*([a-zA-Z\d][).]|•)\s*(?=[A-Z])', text)

Please help me regarding this

python string python-3.x

edited Nov 22 at 12:24

Patrick Artner

20.3k52042

asked Nov 22 at 12:12

Sharjeel Ali Shaukat

373210

edited Nov 22 at 12:24

Patrick Artner

20.3k52042

asked Nov 22 at 12:12

Sharjeel Ali Shaukat

373210

edited Nov 22 at 12:24

Patrick Artner

20.3k52042

edited Nov 22 at 12:24

Patrick Artner

20.3k52042

edited Nov 22 at 12:24

Patrick Artner

20.3k52042

asked Nov 22 at 12:12

Sharjeel Ali Shaukat

373210

asked Nov 22 at 12:12

Sharjeel Ali Shaukat

373210

asked Nov 22 at 12:12

Sharjeel Ali Shaukat

373210

Is it possible to have a string like a) Baghdad, Iraq b) United Arab Emirates (possibly) c) Turkey if UAE is not in (b)?
– lxop
Nov 22 at 12:16

You are missing the r at the start of your regex pattern string.
– usr2564301
Nov 22 at 12:26

1

[s for s in re.split('\s*([a-zA-Z\d][).]|•)\s*(?=[A-Z])', text) if len(s) > 4]
– iamklaus
Nov 22 at 12:30

@SarthakNegi that fails for c) A
– planetmaker
Nov 22 at 12:46

@lxop yes it can also contains c d e so on......
– Sharjeel Ali Shaukat
Nov 23 at 5:26

add a comment |

Is it possible to have a string like a) Baghdad, Iraq b) United Arab Emirates (possibly) c) Turkey if UAE is not in (b)?
– lxop
Nov 22 at 12:16

You are missing the r at the start of your regex pattern string.
– usr2564301
Nov 22 at 12:26

1

[s for s in re.split('\s*([a-zA-Z\d][).]|•)\s*(?=[A-Z])', text) if len(s) > 4]
– iamklaus
Nov 22 at 12:30

@SarthakNegi that fails for c) A
– planetmaker
Nov 22 at 12:46

@lxop yes it can also contains c d e so on......
– Sharjeel Ali Shaukat
Nov 23 at 5:26

Is it possible to have a string like a) Baghdad, Iraq b) United Arab Emirates (possibly) c) Turkey if UAE is not in (b)?
– lxop
Nov 22 at 12:16

You are missing the r at the start of your regex pattern string.
– usr2564301
Nov 22 at 12:26

[s for s in re.split('\s*([a-zA-Z\d][).]|•)\s*(?=[A-Z])', text) if len(s) > 4]
– iamklaus
Nov 22 at 12:30

@SarthakNegi that fails for c) A
– planetmaker
Nov 22 at 12:46

@lxop yes it can also contains c d e so on......
– Sharjeel Ali Shaukat
Nov 23 at 5:26

add a comment |

2 Answers
2

active

oldest

votes

You could create the wanted data for your example using a list comp and a second regex:

import re



text = "a) Baghdad, Iraq b) United Arab Emirates (possibly)"



# different 1.regex pattern, same result - refining with 2nd pattern

data = [x for x in re.split(r'((?:^s*[a-zA-Z0-9]))|(?:s+[a-zA-Z0-9])))s*', 

                            text) if x and not re.match(r"s*[a-zA-Z])",x)]

print(data)

Output:

['Baghdad, Iraq', 'United Arab Emirates (possibly)']

See https://regex101.com/r/wxEEQW/1

answered Nov 22 at 12:33

Patrick Artner

20.3k52042

add a comment |

Instead of re.findall, you can simply use re.split:

import re

text = "a) Baghdad, Iraq b) United Arab Emirates (possibly)"

countries = list(filter(None, map(str.rstrip, re.split('w)s', text))))

Output:

['Baghdad, Iraq', 'United Arab Emirates (possibly)']

answered Nov 22 at 15:18

Ajax1234

39.8k42652

add a comment |

Your Answer

StackExchange.ifUsing("editor", function () {
StackExchange.using("externalEditor", function () {
StackExchange.using("snippets", function () {
StackExchange.snippets.init();
});
});
}, "code-snippets");

StackExchange.ready(function() {
var channelOptions = {
tags: "".split(" "),
id: "1"
};
initTagRenderer("".split(" "), "".split(" "), channelOptions);

StackExchange.using("externalEditor", function() {
// Have to fire editor after snippets, if snippets enabled
if (StackExchange.settings.snippets.snippetsEnabled) {
StackExchange.using("snippets", function() {
createEditor();
});
}
else {
createEditor();
}
});

function createEditor() {
StackExchange.prepareEditor({
heartbeatType: 'answer',
autoActivateHeartbeat: false,
convertImagesToLinks: true,
noModals: true,
showLowRepImageUploadWarning: true,
reputationToPostImages: 10,
bindNavPrevention: true,
postfix: "",
imageUploader: {
brandingHtml: "Powered by u003ca class="icon-imgur-white" href="https://imgur.com/"u003eu003c/au003e",
contentPolicyHtml: "User contributions licensed under u003ca href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/"u003ecc by-sa 3.0 with attribution requiredu003c/au003e u003ca href="https://stackoverflow.com/legal/content-policy"u003e(content policy)u003c/au003e",
allowUrls: true
},
onDemand: true,
discardSelector: ".discard-answer"
,immediatelyShowMarkdownHelp:true
});

}
});

draft saved

draft discarded

Sign up or log in

StackExchange.ready(function () {
StackExchange.helpers.onClickDraftSave('#login-link');
});

Post as a guest

Name

Required, but never shown

StackExchange.ready(
function () {
StackExchange.openid.initPostLogin('.new-post-login', 'https%3a%2f%2fstackoverflow.com%2fquestions%2f53430766%2fsplit-string-into-list-contains-alphabetical-bullet-list%23new-answer', 'question_page');
}
);

Post as a guest

Name

Required, but never shown

2 Answers
2

active

oldest

votes

2 Answers
2

active

oldest

votes

You could create the wanted data for your example using a list comp and a second regex:

import re



text = "a) Baghdad, Iraq b) United Arab Emirates (possibly)"



# different 1.regex pattern, same result - refining with 2nd pattern

data = [x for x in re.split(r'((?:^s*[a-zA-Z0-9]))|(?:s+[a-zA-Z0-9])))s*', 

                            text) if x and not re.match(r"s*[a-zA-Z])",x)]

print(data)

Output:

['Baghdad, Iraq', 'United Arab Emirates (possibly)']

See https://regex101.com/r/wxEEQW/1

answered Nov 22 at 12:33

Patrick Artner

20.3k52042

add a comment |

You could create the wanted data for your example using a list comp and a second regex:

import re



text = "a) Baghdad, Iraq b) United Arab Emirates (possibly)"



# different 1.regex pattern, same result - refining with 2nd pattern

data = [x for x in re.split(r'((?:^s*[a-zA-Z0-9]))|(?:s+[a-zA-Z0-9])))s*', 

                            text) if x and not re.match(r"s*[a-zA-Z])",x)]

print(data)

Output:

['Baghdad, Iraq', 'United Arab Emirates (possibly)']

See https://regex101.com/r/wxEEQW/1

answered Nov 22 at 12:33

Patrick Artner

20.3k52042

add a comment |

You could create the wanted data for your example using a list comp and a second regex:

import re



text = "a) Baghdad, Iraq b) United Arab Emirates (possibly)"



# different 1.regex pattern, same result - refining with 2nd pattern

data = [x for x in re.split(r'((?:^s*[a-zA-Z0-9]))|(?:s+[a-zA-Z0-9])))s*', 

                            text) if x and not re.match(r"s*[a-zA-Z])",x)]

print(data)

Output:

['Baghdad, Iraq', 'United Arab Emirates (possibly)']

See https://regex101.com/r/wxEEQW/1

answered Nov 22 at 12:33

Patrick Artner

20.3k52042

You could create the wanted data for your example using a list comp and a second regex:

import re



text = "a) Baghdad, Iraq b) United Arab Emirates (possibly)"



# different 1.regex pattern, same result - refining with 2nd pattern

data = [x for x in re.split(r'((?:^s*[a-zA-Z0-9]))|(?:s+[a-zA-Z0-9])))s*', 

                            text) if x and not re.match(r"s*[a-zA-Z])",x)]

print(data)

Output:

['Baghdad, Iraq', 'United Arab Emirates (possibly)']

See https://regex101.com/r/wxEEQW/1

answered Nov 22 at 12:33

Patrick Artner

20.3k52042

answered Nov 22 at 12:33

Patrick Artner

20.3k52042

answered Nov 22 at 12:33

Patrick Artner

20.3k52042

answered Nov 22 at 12:33

Patrick Artner

20.3k52042

add a comment |

Instead of re.findall, you can simply use re.split:

import re

text = "a) Baghdad, Iraq b) United Arab Emirates (possibly)"

countries = list(filter(None, map(str.rstrip, re.split('w)s', text))))

Output:

['Baghdad, Iraq', 'United Arab Emirates (possibly)']

answered Nov 22 at 15:18

Ajax1234

39.8k42652

add a comment |

Instead of re.findall, you can simply use re.split:

import re

text = "a) Baghdad, Iraq b) United Arab Emirates (possibly)"

countries = list(filter(None, map(str.rstrip, re.split('w)s', text))))

Output:

['Baghdad, Iraq', 'United Arab Emirates (possibly)']

answered Nov 22 at 15:18

Ajax1234

39.8k42652

add a comment |

Instead of re.findall, you can simply use re.split:

import re

text = "a) Baghdad, Iraq b) United Arab Emirates (possibly)"

countries = list(filter(None, map(str.rstrip, re.split('w)s', text))))

Output:

['Baghdad, Iraq', 'United Arab Emirates (possibly)']

answered Nov 22 at 15:18

Ajax1234

39.8k42652

Instead of re.findall, you can simply use re.split:

import re

text = "a) Baghdad, Iraq b) United Arab Emirates (possibly)"

countries = list(filter(None, map(str.rstrip, re.split('w)s', text))))

Output:

['Baghdad, Iraq', 'United Arab Emirates (possibly)']

answered Nov 22 at 15:18

Ajax1234

39.8k42652

answered Nov 22 at 15:18

Ajax1234

39.8k42652

answered Nov 22 at 15:18

Ajax1234

39.8k42652

answered Nov 22 at 15:18

Ajax1234

39.8k42652

add a comment |

draft saved

draft discarded

Thanks for contributing an answer to Stack Overflow!

Please be sure to answer the question. Provide details and share your research!

But avoid …

Asking for help, clarification, or responding to other answers.

Making statements based on opinion; back them up with references or personal experience.

To learn more, see our tips on writing great answers.

Some of your past answers have not been well-received, and you're in danger of being blocked from answering.

Please pay close attention to the following guidance:

Please be sure to answer the question. Provide details and share your research!

But avoid …

Asking for help, clarification, or responding to other answers.

Making statements based on opinion; back them up with references or personal experience.

To learn more, see our tips on writing great answers.

draft saved

draft discarded

Sign up or log in

StackExchange.ready(function () {
StackExchange.helpers.onClickDraftSave('#login-link');
});

Post as a guest

Name

Required, but never shown

Post as a guest

Name

Required, but never shown

Sign up or log in

StackExchange.ready(function () {
StackExchange.helpers.onClickDraftSave('#login-link');
});

Post as a guest

Name

Required, but never shown

Sign up or log in

StackExchange.ready(function () {
StackExchange.helpers.onClickDraftSave('#login-link');
});

Post as a guest

Name

Required, but never shown

Sign up or log in

StackExchange.ready(function () {
StackExchange.helpers.onClickDraftSave('#login-link');
});

Post as a guest

Name

Required, but never shown

Name

Required, but never shown

Name

Required, but never shown

This page is only for reference, If you need detailed information, please check here

搜尋此網誌

Htykuut