Splitting a string

[Peter Otten]

Thomas Heller wrote:

> Maybe I'm just lazy, but what is the fastest way to convert a string
> into a tuple containing character sequences and integer numbers, like
> this:
> 
> 
> 'si_pos_99_rep_1_0.ita'  -> ('si_pos_', 99, '_rep_', 1, '_', 0, '.ita')

>>> parts = re.compile("([+-]?\d+)").split('si_pos_99_rep_1_0.ita')
>>> parts[1::2] = map(int, parts[1::2])
>>> parts
['si_pos_', 99, '_rep_', 1, '_', 0, '.ita']

Peter