Skipping split character

Question

I have string for example

subject = '=?UTF-8?Q?=C5=A0irvint=C5=B3_PSPC_ir_TENESYS_3CX_RESTful_API?='

I want to split it by '?=' and it working ok if there is only 1 '?=' my string, but when I have more than 1 I'm getting problems. I know that I can split my string skipping that ?= that is going after "=?UTF-8?Q"

this is my code

 for split_begin in subject.split('=?'):
                for split_end in split_begin[:2].split('?='):
                    if 'UTF-8' in split_end:
                        special_word = '=?' + split_end + '?='
                        word_list.append(special_word)

UPDATE.

when string is '=?UTF-8?Q?=C5=A0irvint=C5=B3_PSPC_ir_TENESYS_3CX_RESTful_API?='

split end = 'UTF-8?Q'

this is bad output.

when string is `subject = '=?UTF-8?Q?D=C4=97l_greito_va=C5=BEiavimo?='

split end = 'UTF-8?Q?D=C4=97l_greito_va=C5=BEiavimo'

this is good output.

different in the string that second string has only 1 ?= in it

Using complete sentences would help us understand what you are trying to do. Show example/desired output. — Dan, Feb 25 '19 at 14:45
"I'm getting problems", what problems exactly? The string would still split but what is your expected vs actual output? — r.ook, Feb 25 '19 at 14:45
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4071396/split-by-comma-and-strip-whitespace-in-python — Maddy, Feb 25 '19 at 14:46
Possible duplicate of [ISO 8859-1 filename not decoding](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/11649601/iso-8859-1-filename-not-decoding) — snakecharmerb, Feb 25 '19 at 14:50
Perhaps you really meant `word_list = [s + '?=' for s in subject.split('?=') if 'UTF-8' in s]` — r.ook, Feb 25 '19 at 14:52
See the duplicate I tagged - there are tools for decoding this data, you don't need to do it manually — snakecharmerb, Feb 25 '19 at 14:53

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 25 '19 at 15:16

I don't quite understand what you want to accomplish, but !

subject.split('?=') will give you the output you want - meaning it will split your string according to the seperator you gave it.

i think that your problem occur since you accidentally wrote :

subject.split('=?') instead of subject.split('?=')

hope it helps.

Skipping split character

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