In Python, how do I split a string and keep the separators?

Question

Here\'s the simplest way to explain this. Here\'s what I\'m using:

re.split(\'\\W\', \'foo/bar spam\\neggs\')
-> [\'foo\', \'bar\', \'spam\', \'eggs\']
         


        

Answer 1

>>> re.split('(\W)', 'foo/bar spam\neggs')
['foo', '/', 'bar', ' ', 'spam', '\n', 'eggs']