Splitting text at whitespace but keeping the whitespace in the returned list

[python at bdurham.com]

MRAB,

"MRAB" <python at mrabarnett.plus.com> wrote:
> >>> import re
> >>> re.split(r'(\s+)', "Hello world!")
> ['Hello', ' ', 'world!']

That was exactly (EXACTLY!) the solution I was looking for.

Thank you!
Malcolm