split string saving screened spaces

[Paul McGuire]

Pyparsing has built-in quoted string support.


from pyparsing import OneOrMore,Word,alphanums,quotedString

item = Word('-',alphanums) | quotedString | Word(alphanums)
items = OneOrMore(item)

print items.parseString( "-a -b -c '1 2 3' -d 5 -e zork2000" )

gives:
['-a', '-b', '-c', "'1 2 3'", '-d', '5', '-e', 'zork2000']


Download pyparsing at http://pyparsing.sourceforge.net.

-- Paul