Python | Splitting operators in String

Sometimes we have a source string to have certain mathematical statement for computations and we need to split both the numbers and operators as a list of individual elements. Let’s discuss certain ways in which this problem can be performed.

Method #1 : Using re.split()
This task can be solved using the split functionality provided by Python regex library which has power to split the string according to certain conditions and in this case all numbers and operators.

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# Python3 code to demonstrate working of
# Splitting operators in String
# Using re.split()
import re
  
# initializing string 
test_str = "15 + 22 * 3-4 / 2"
  
# printing original string 
print("The original string is : " + str(test_str))
  
# Using re.split()
# Splitting operators in String
res = re.split(r'(\D)', test_str)
  
# printing result 
print("The list after performing split functionality : " + str(res))

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The original string is : 15+22*3-4/2

The list after performing split functionality : [’15’, ‘+’, ’22’, ‘*’, ‘3’, ‘-‘, ‘4’, ‘/’, ‘2’]





 




Method #2 : Using re.findall()

This Python regex library function also can perform the similar task as the above function. It can also support decimal numbers as additional functionality.











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# Python3 code to demonstrate working of 


# Splitting operators in String 


# Using re.findall() 


import re 


  


# initializing string  


test_str = "15 + 22.6 * 3-4 / 2"


  


# printing original string  


print("The original string is : " + str(test_str)) 


  


# Using re.findall() 


# Splitting operators in String 


res = re.findall(r'[0-9\.]+|[^0-9\.]+', test_str) 


  


# printing result  


print("The list after performing split functionality : " + str(res)) 



















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The original string is : 15+22.6*3-4/2

The list after performing split functionality : [’15’, ‘+’, ‘22.6’, ‘*’, ‘3’, ‘-‘, ‘4’, ‘/’, ‘2’]







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