How to split a string in python but keep anything in a grouping symbol as one

Asked Mar 27 '21 at 23:47

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I want to take a string:

x = 'The following is a string: \'Here is a nice python string\'

and split it, but keep the inner string intact so it returns:

['The', 'following', 'is', 'a', 'string:', '\'Here is a nice python string \'']

This should act the same for {} or [] or (), however, not <>.

asked Mar 27 '21 at 23:47

Quantalabs

isnt that just x.split() – TruVortex_07 Mar 27 '21 at 23:49
Yes, but they want to keep the string intact within the single quotes. – llamaking136 Mar 27 '21 at 23:49
@TruVortex_07 No. For example `'This string \'is nice\'.'.split(' ')` returns `['This', 'string', "'is", "nice'."]` – Quantalabs Mar 27 '21 at 23:50
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No, the desired output would be `['This', 'string', "'is nice'", "."]` Note that the period is separate from the string. – Quantalabs Mar 27 '21 at 23:52
Check out [Split a string by spaces — preserving quoted substrings](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/79968/split-a-string-by-spaces-preserving-quoted-substrings-in-python) – DarrylG Mar 27 '21 at 23:52
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That doesn't work for {}, [] or () – SuperStormer Mar 27 '21 at 23:54
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@khelwood does anything in that dupe help with the delimiters other than quotes? – Mark Mar 27 '21 at 23:55
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@MarkM The regex answers do – khelwood Mar 27 '21 at 23:57
@khelwood could you please provide a link to the answer, I'm not sure I know what answer you are talking about. – Quantalabs Mar 27 '21 at 23:59
[This one](https://stackoverflow.com/a/524796/3890632) for instance. – khelwood Mar 28 '21 at 00:01

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