Question

How to split a string on all special characters in Python

Answer 1

import re

string = 'python!@#$java{([*)]}c**cpp+-php'

lst = re.split(r'[`!@#$%^&*()_+\-=\[\]{};\':"\\|,.<>\/?~]', string)
print(lst)

lst = [s for s in lst if s] 
print(lst)




'''
run:

['python', '', '', '', 'java', '', '', '', '', '', '', 'c', '', 'cpp', '', 'php']
['python', 'java', 'c', 'cpp', 'php']

'''

 

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Answer 2

import re

string = 'python!@#$java{([*)]}c**cpp+-php'

lst = re.split(r'[^a-zA-Z0-9\s]', string)
print(lst)

lst = [s for s in lst if s] 
print(lst)




'''
run:

['python', '', '', '', 'java', '', '', '', '', '', '', 'c', '', 'cpp', '', 'php']
['python', 'java', 'c', 'cpp', 'php']

'''

 

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