["python","string","split","delimiter"]
Split string with multiple delimiters in Python

I found some answers online, but I have no experience with regular expressions, which I believe is what is needed here. I have a string that needs to be split by either a ';' or ', ' That is, it has to be either a semicolon or a comma followed by a space. Individual commas without trailing spaces should be left untouched Example string: "b-staged divinylsiloxane-bis-benzocyclobutene [124221-30-3], mesitylene [000108-67-8]; polymerized 1,2-dihydro-2,2,4- trimethyl quinoline [026780-96-1]" should be split into a list containing the following: ('b-staged divinylsiloxane-bis-benzocyclobutene [124221-30-3]' , 'mesitylene [000108-67-8]', 'polymerized 1,2-dihydro-2,2,4- trimethyl quinoline [026780-96-1]')
Luckily, Python has this built-in :) import re # Regex pattern splits on substrings "; " and ", " re.split('; |, ', string_to_split) Update: Following your comment: >>> string_to_split = 'Beautiful, is; better*than\nugly' >>> import re >>> re.split('; |, |\*|\n', string_to_split) ['Beautiful', 'is', 'better', 'than', 'ugly']