Doh - please note that csv.reader takes more than one argument - the FIRST one is an iterable object.
jw On 6/28/05, Jaime Wyant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Maybe, you need the csv module: > > import csv > mystring = "\"test1, test2\", test, 42" > > # The one argument to csv.reader is an iterable object > # You could use a file here... > csv_reader = csv.reader([mystring]) > > for line in csv_reader: > print line > > ['test1, test2', ' test', ' 42'] > > hth, > jw > > On 6/28/05, scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > hi people ! > > > > <newbie> > > i got some trouble with regular expressions > > i need to split a string like this on the ',' character : > > > > mystring = ""\test1, test2\", test, 42" > > > > i wanna get something (a list) like this (3 elements) : > > "test1, test2" > > test > > 42 > > > > but the only thing i get is a list like this (4 elements) : > > "test1" > > "test2" > > test > > 42 > > > > each element is separated by ',' but 1st element which is delimited by > > '"' may contain ',' character inside. > > > > so the regular expression i need is something like : > > split each element using ',' delimiter but if ',' delimiter is included > > between '"' please do not split > > </newbie> > > > > 1st question is : does someone has understood the question ? > > 2nd question is : does someone has an answer ? > > > > thanks people > > > > scott > > -- > > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list > > > -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
