Using Split() in Python to pull all the quotes out of a string

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So what I'm trying to do is use python to parse through articles on pull all the quotes. I used beautiful soup to pull the html from the site, now I'm trying to use split to print everything that is in quotes.

For example, go from:

I like quotes but especially "have problems"

to go to

have problems

U13-Forward · Accepted Answer · 2018-11-06 23:50:12Z

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Or re.findall(r'"([^"]*)"',s), demo:

>>> import re
>>> s='I like quotes but especially "have problems"'
>>> re.findall(r'"([^"]*)"',s)
['have problems']
>>>

regex is your clear friend,

https://docs.python.org/3/howto/regex.html

https://docs.python.org/3/library/re.html?highlight=findall#re.findall

answered Nov 6, 2018 at 23:50

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blhsing · Accepted Answer · 2018-11-06 23:55:26Z

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You can slice the list returned by str.split:

s = 'I like quotes but especially "have problems" and "need more quotes"'
s.split('"')[1::2]

This returns:

['have problems', 'need more quotes']

edited Nov 6, 2018 at 23:55

answered Nov 6, 2018 at 23:49

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