mezantrop / tssplit

Python trivial split for strings with quotes and escaped characters

Trivial split for strings with multiple character delimiters, quotes and escaped characters

Installation

pip install tssplit

Usage

Syntax

def tssplit(s, quote='"\'', quote_keep=False, delimiter=':;,', escape='/^', trim='', remark='#'):
    """Split a string by delimiters with quotes and escaped characters, optionally trimming results

    :param s: A string to split into chunks
    :param quote: Quote chars to protect a part of s from parsing
    :param quote_keep: Preserve quote characters in the output or not
    :param delimiter: A chunk separator character
    :param escape: An escape character
    :param trim: Trim characters from chunks
    :param remark: Ignore all characters after remark sign
    :return: A list of chunks
    """

Example

from tssplit import tssplit

tssplit('--:--;--,--"--/--"--\'--:--\'--/"--^--',
        quote='"\'', delimiter=':;,', escape='/^', trim='')
['--', '--', '--', '----/------:----"----']

tssplit('--:--;--,--"--/--"--\'--:--\'--/"--^--',
        quote='"\'', delimiter=':;,', escape='/^', trim='', quote_keep=True)
['--', '--', '--', '--"--/--"--\'--:--\'--"----']

tssplit('--:--;--,--"--/--"--\'--:--\'--# Ignore this',
        quote='"\'', delimiter=':;,', escape='/^', trim='', quote_keep=True, remark='#')
['--', '--', '--', '--"--/--"--\'--:--\'--']

Changelog

• 2020.03.28 v1.0 Initial release
• 2020.03.28 v1.0.1 Many quick fixes to make all things work in PyPI
• 2020.03.29 v1.0.2 Minor fixes, Readme update, Long description provided
• 2020.03.29 v1.0.3 Trim option to strip() characters from chunks
• 2020.03.29 v1.0.4 Multiple characters for quotes, delimiters and escapes
• 2022.02.04 v1.0.5 Added quote_keep option to preserve quote marks in the output or not
• 2023.01.12 v1.0.6 Remark characters interrupt string parsing
• 2024.04.03 v1.0.7 Cosmetics to make pylint happy