The Split String Function - How to preserve whitespace?

[daftspaniel]

Hi Folks,

I am trying to scan the lines in the string text:
lines = text.split('\n')

seemed to do the job but has the side effect of stripping the
whitespace. As I am reading Python source in this text and checking
identation this is a bit annoying

How can I stop this happening? Doesn't look like an option from the
documents. Do I have to use a regexp (scary unchartered stuff for
me...)?

Thanks,
Davy Mitchell

The Good Ol' Blog
http://www.latedecember.com/sites/personal/davy/

 

[Just]

I am trying to scan the lines in the string text:
lines = text.split('\n')

seemed to do the job but has the side effect of stripping the
whitespace. As I am reading Python source in this text and checking
identation this is a bit annoying

How can I stop this happening? Doesn't look like an option from the
documents. Do I have to use a regexp (scary unchartered stuff for
me...)?

['a\n', 'b\n', 'c\n']

Just

 

[daftspaniel]

['a\n', 'b\n', 'c\n']

Genius - Thanks alot for the quick response !!

Thanks,
Davy Mitchell

The Good Ol' Blog
http://www.latedecember.com/sites/personal/davy/