how to split a python string

Question

I have a python function that returns the following:

result = myfunction()
result will be e.g. "192.168.200.123, 02/12/2013 13:59:42, 02/12/2013 13:59:42"

i.e. a string that contains 3 values separated by commas.

How do I split this string into 3 new variables??

Should you be in control of that python function, it might be nice to just return the three values as a tuple rather than a string (`return (a, b, c)`) — akaIDIOT, Feb 14 '13 at 12:30
Possible duplicate of http://stackoverflow.com/questions/9703512/python-split-string-into-multiple-string/9703580 — CoffeeRain, Feb 14 '13 at 14:49

score 2 · Answer 1 · edited Feb 14 '13 at 12:40

>>> s = "192.168.200.123, 02/12/2013 13:59:42, 02/12/2013 13:59:42"
>>> n = [e.strip() for e in s.split(',')]
>>> print n
['192.168.200.123', '02/12/2013 13:59:42', '02/12/2013 13:59:42']

n is now a list with three elements. If you know your string will be split into exactly three variables and you want to name them, use this:

a, b, c = [e.strip() for e in s.split(',')]

The strip is used to remove unwanted spaces before/after strings.

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 14 '13 at 12:29

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Use the split function:

my_string = #Contains ','
split_array = my_string.split(',')

answered Feb 14 '13 at 12:29

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Feb 14 '13 at 16:07

result = myfunction()
result will be e.g. "192.168.200.123, 02/12/2013 13:59:42, 02/12/2013 13:59:42"

Two ways to solve this:

In myfunction(), return a list or a tuple: return (a, b, c) or return [a, b, c].

Or, you can use the s.split() function:

result = my_function()
results = result.split(',')

You can simplify this further like such:

result = my_function().split(',')

how to split a python string

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