[Tutor] just one question

[wesley chun]

On Wed, Jul 15, 2009 at 8:29 AM, Rich Lovely<roadierich at googlemail.com> wrote:
> 2009/7/15 vince spicer <vinces1979 at gmail.com>:
>>        :
>> import re
>>        :
>>     values = re.split("\s+", line) # split values on spaces EX: ['47', '8',
>
> That isn't what they're after at all.
> Something more like
>         :
>        n, pos, ala, at, symb, weight, rad, count = line.split()
>         :


on a side note, i also discourage the use of regular expressions for
this problem when a simpler solution like line.split() will suffice.
bringing up an old jwz quote: 'Some people, when confronted with a
problem, think “I know, I'll use regular expressions.” Now they have
two problems.'

best regards,
-- wesley
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