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--- other:python:misc_by_jyp [2022/02/21 17:46] – [numpy related stuff] Added reduceat jypeter
+++ other:python:misc_by_jyp [2022/03/08 17:40] – [Playing with strings] jypeter
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+==== Playing with strings ====
+=== Filenames, etc... ===
+Check [[other:python:misc_by_jyp#working_with_paths_and_filenames|Working with paths and filenames]] and [[other:python:misc_by_jyp#generating_file_names|Generating file names]]
+=== Splitting strings ===
+It's easy to split a string with multiple blank delimiters, or a specific delimiter, but it can be harder to deal with sub-strings
+<code>>>> str_with_blanks = 'one    two\t3\t\tFOUR'
+>>> str_with_blanks.split()
+['one', 'two', '3', 'FOUR']
+>>> str_with_simple_delimiters = '1,2,3.14,  4'
+>>> str_with_simple_delimiters.split(',')
+['1', '2', '3.14', '  4']
+>>> complex_string='-o 1 --long "A string with accented chars: é è à ç"'
+>>> complex_string.split()
+['-o', '1', '--long', '"A', 'string', 'with', 'accented', 'chars:', '\xc3\xa9', '\xc3\xa8', '\xc3\xa0', '\xc3\xa7"']
+>>> import shlex
+>>> shlex.split(complex_string)
+['-o', '1', '--long', 'A string with accented chars: \xc3\xa9 \xc3\xa8 \xc3\xa0 \xc3\xa7']</code>
 ==== Working with paths and filenames ====