Re: splitting words with brackets

but it can't pass this one: "(a c)b(c d) e" the above regex
gives out ['(a c)b(c', 'd)', 'e'], but the correct one should
be ['(a c)b(c d)', 'e']

Ah...the picture is becoming a little more clear:

>>> r = re.compile(r'(?:\([^\)]*\)|\[[^\]]*\]|\S)+')
>>> r.findall(s)
['(a c)b(c d)', 'e']

It also works on my original test data, and is a cleaner regexp than the original.

The clearer the problem, the clearer the answer. :)

-tkc




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