Multi symbol string splitter in python?

Question

I have a string, let's say "MDP-A-17_MDP-A-23.3". I want this string split based on "-", "_" and ".".

The output will be a list:

["MDP", "A", "17", "MDP", "A", "23", "3"]

excellent question, so +1, but it has been asked a bunch of times already. e.g. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1059559/python-strings-split-with-multiple-separators — tom10, Jun 13 '13 at 02:58
Okay. yeah looks so. I might have missed it. Thanks for pointing to. — Aashish P, Jun 13 '13 at 02:59

score 6 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 13 '13 at 02:52

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Pretty sure you can use re.split, as your question suggests...

import re    
s = "MDP-A-17_MDP-A-23.3"
l = re.split(r'[-_.]',s)

answered Jun 13 '13 at 02:52

bozdoz

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By the way, that is the most emotive regular expression I've ever made. :) – bozdoz Jun 13 '13 at 02:53
@AashishP You should mark this as an accepted answer. :) – bozdoz Mar 18 '14 at 19:14

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