Steven Bethard wrote: > I'd use something like r"[^_\d\W]", that is, all things that are neither > underscores, digits or non-alphas. In action: > > py> re.findall(r'[^_\d\W]+', '42badger100x__xxA1BC') > ['badger', 'x', 'xxA', 'BC'] > > HTH, Seems so, great! Diez