Split a string by a delimiter in python

Question

How to split this string where __ is the delimiter

MATCHES__STRING

To get an output of [\'MATCHES\', \'STRING\']?

Answer 1

You may be interested in the csv module, which is designed for comma-separated files but can be easily modified to use a custom delimiter.

import csv
csv.register_dialect( "myDialect", delimiter = "__",  )
lines = [ "MATCHES__STRING" ]

for row in csv.reader( lines ):
    ...