Python split based off a string between two characters

Question

How to split based off two characters "[" & "]" in a string. For example calling .split() on the following would give...

x = "[Chorus: Rihanna & Swizz Beatz]
I just wanted you to know
...more lyrics
[Verse 2: Kanye West & Swizz Beatz]
I be Puerto Rican day parade floatin'
... more lyrics"

x.split()
print(x)

would give

["I just wanted you to know ... more lyrics", " be Puerto Rican day parade floatin' ... more lyrics]

This is different from the duplicate because its not splitting by multiple delimiters, its splitting by text enclosed in brackets when the text isnt necessarily known...

try x.split(\[|\\\]). Checking this [link](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/5993779/use-string-split-with-multiple-delimiters), may also help you. — AntoineLB, May 14 '18 at 09:58
@xXxpRoGrAmmErxXx This is not splitting by multiple delimiters. This is splitting by text enclosed in brackets. — Aran-Fey, May 14 '18 at 10:08
@SvenMarnach How exactly does that dupe apply to this question? See ^ this comment. — Aran-Fey, May 14 '18 at 10:15
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Rakesh · Answer 1 · 2018-05-14T10:18:34.897

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You can use re.split("[\[\]]", x)

Using Regex:

import re
x = """[Chorus: Rihanna & Swizz Beatz]
I just wanted you to know
...more lyrics
[Verse 2: Kanye West & Swizz Beatz]
I be Puerto Rican day parade floatin'
... more lyrics"""

print(filter(None,re.split("[\[\]]", x)[::2]))

Output:

['\nI just wanted you to know\n...more lyrics\n', "\nI be Puerto Rican day parade floatin'\n... more lyrics"]

edited May 14 '18 at 10:18

answered May 14 '18 at 10:08

Rakesh

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I think the OP wants to split the song into verses, rather than just removing the contents in square brackets. – Sven Marnach May 14 '18 at 10:09
@SvenMarnach. Thanks. I did not understand OPs que – Rakesh May 14 '18 at 10:15
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This'll give you an empty string as the first element in the output. You should probably remove that. – Aran-Fey May 14 '18 at 10:17
@Aran-Fey. Thanks – Rakesh May 14 '18 at 10:18
This helps a bit, how would you go about storing the removed string in another variable? – izzyp May 15 '18 at 00:27
`newVariable = filter(None,re.split("[\[\]]", x)[::2])` ? – Rakesh May 15 '18 at 04:13

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