[Tutor] Splitting at a capital letter in a string

[Douglas N. Shawhan]

Yep. re looks like the only way. I was just wondering if I was missing 
something in String.

Thanks! That's what I'll work with!

Bill Campbell wrote:

>On Fri, Oct 29, 2004, Douglas N. Shawhan wrote:
>  
>
>>Is there a way to use the string module to split a string at a capital, 
>>so that:
>>
>>HiImAStringWithCaps
>>
>>is rendered
>>
>>Hi Im A String With Caps
>>
>>I looked at the re module, and it looks as if it could be used for such 
>>shenannigans...
>>    
>>
>
>One way to do this would be:
>
>import re
>pat = re.compile('([A-Z])')
>s = pat.sub(r' \1', 'HiImAStringWithCaps').strip()
>
>The strip call gets rid of the first blank inserted.
>
>Bill
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