How do I split a string with forward slashes in from the forward slashes substring using split() of python?

Question

I have a string which looks similar to 123456 \\RE1NUM=987 and I have been trying to split it \\RE1NUM= .

I have tried .split("\\RE1NUM=") and it gives ['123456 \\', '987'] . I believe forward slashes are being interpreted as escape characters. The final list I need will be ['123456 ', '987'] .

The "string" is actually a line I am reading from a file object. It does work when isolated and tested on string, but fails when used on file's line. (I'll try to recreate this problem on a test file and paste the contents here.)

Answer 1

Can you try to use a different editor? cause I have tried to use the python shell in my terminal and it did indeed give me the desired output as follows

Answer 2

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Code:

string = '123456 \RE1NUM=987' var = string.replace("\", " ").split()

first_six_letters = var[0] last_few_numbers = var 1 .split('=')

last_three_letters = last_few_numbers.pop(1)

combined = [first_six_letters, last_three_letters]

print(combined)

Output: ['123456', '987']

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Answer 3

string = "123456 \RE1NUM=987" result = string.split("\\RE1NUM=") print(result)