How would you save/keep the separator for split() function on python?

Asked Aug 31 '20 at 20:09

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I am starting to learn Python and this is my first day. I have read a book on learning Python and I found a built-in function called split(). I tried it out and worked, but I noticed that it did not include the separator in the list it made. Is there anyway I could save it? (I don't want to manually add the separator to the list.)

Here is my code:

text = "hello!Hello!"

newtext = text.split("!")

for i in range(len(newtext)):
    print(newtext[i])

Output:

hello
Hello

edited Aug 31 '20 at 20:16

asked Aug 31 '20 at 20:09

hexerous

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Please update your question with your actual and expected output. – quamrana Aug 31 '20 at 20:11
If you mean you want `[‘hello!’, ‘Hello!’]`, have a look into regex using the `re` library. It’s also built in. – S3DEV Aug 31 '20 at 20:13
Additionally, you can simplify your loop to `for i in newtext`. – S3DEV Aug 31 '20 at 20:15
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btw If you have seen `for i in range(len(newtext)):` in a book, then I suggest you are reading the wrong book. – quamrana Aug 31 '20 at 20:16
@quamrana It was a few months ago so I believe I forgot. The book was Head First: Python. – hexerous Aug 31 '20 at 20:19

How would you save/keep the separator for split() function on python?

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