On Sep 24, 9:44 pm, "Chris Rebert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, Sep 24, 2008 at 8:30 PM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I want to take a long alpha-numeric string with \n and white-space and > > place ALL elements of the string (even individual parts of a long > > white-space) into separate list elements. The most common way I've > > seen this performed is with the split() function, however I don't > > believe that it has the power to do what I am looking for. > > Any suggestions? > > thanks > > -- > >http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list > > Could you please define exactly what you mean by "elements" of a string? > > If you mean characters, then just use list():>>> list(" \n \t abc") > > [' ', ' ', '\n', ' ', '\t', ' ', 'a', 'b', 'c'] > > Regards, > Chris > > -- > Follow the path of the Iguana...http://rebertia.com
Worked like a charm. kudos! -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
