On Thu, Aug 5, 2010 at 2:38 PM, Vikram K <kpguy1975 at gmail.com> wrote: > Suppose i have this string: > z = 'AT/CG' > > How do i get this list: > > zlist = ['A','T/C','G'] >>> import re >>> z = 'AT/CG' >>> [x for x in re.split("([A-Z]\/[A-Z])|([A-Z])", z) if x] ['A', 'T/C', 'G'] >>> cheers James -- -- James Mills -- -- "Problems are solved by method"