picking out repating patterns with regex (python)

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This is for an irc quizbot. I'm trying to pick out the answers for a question. I'm fine if there is only 1 answer, but i'm confounded by multiple answers. Tried searching for answers to my problem, but to no avail.

For example, the format is "A child born to two Goa'uld hosts is known as a _________*Harsisis*Harseseus*Harsesis"

Where *Harsisis*Harseseus*Harsesis are the three possible answers.

I wanna pick out the question and the answers and put them into a tuple which goes into a list.

I want this to end up as [('A child born to two Goa'uld hosts is known as a _________','Harsisis','Harseseus','Harsesis')]

Here's what i think should be right, but it isn't working :(

re.findall(r'(.+)[*(.+)]+', file)

The solution is probably easy, but i'm fumbling.

Blender · Accepted Answer · 2013-01-19 20:47:17Z

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To me, it looks like you just need .split():

>>> s.split('*')
    ["A child born to two Goa'uld hosts is known as a _________",
 'Harsisis',
 'Harseseus',
 'Harsesis']

answered Jan 19, 2013 at 20:47

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ChristianG Over a year ago

Splendid ! That was way easier than i thought :D

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