Splitting strings properly in Python 3

Asked Mar 16 '17 at 05:09

Active Sep 29 '18 at 19:44

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I have to read in data line by line from a website. The first line of the website reads:

Take out the garbage, 5, May 8

I want to put this into a list with "Take out the garbage" separated from the "5" separated from the "May 8"

I am given this code to use:

 def readHtml():
    response = urllib.request.urlopen("#website")
    html = response.readline()
    data = html.decode('utf-8').split()

and I wanted to split it at the commas so that there would be no commas in the list so I added this after 'split' in the last line:

    data = html.decode('utf-8').split(',')

However when I try to print this it reads:

['Take out the garbage', ' 5', ' May 8\n']

with the weird \n after May 8 and strange spacing before May and before 5.

edited Sep 29 '18 at 19:44

halfer

asked Mar 16 '17 at 05:09

Lia

You just have to `html.strip("\n")` – pylang Mar 16 '17 at 05:12
where would I put that in my code though? – Lia Mar 16 '17 at 05:16
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That's a bit harsh. @Lia, you can use `strip("\n")` on a string anytime, but it's probably best before you split it. – pylang Mar 16 '17 at 05:23
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@pylan I got it! Thanks so much for your help – Lia Mar 16 '17 at 05:25

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