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29 lines
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---
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title: String to words
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tags: string,regexp
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expertise: beginner
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author: maciv
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cover: blog_images/rocky-lake.jpg
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firstSeen: 2020-10-04T00:35:00+03:00
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lastUpdated: 2020-11-02T19:28:35+02:00
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---
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Converts a given string into a list of words.
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- Use `re.findall()` with the supplied `pattern` to find all matching substrings.
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- Omit the second argument to use the default regexp, which matches alphanumeric and hyphens.
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```py
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import re
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def words(s, pattern = '[a-zA-Z-]+'):
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return re.findall(pattern, s)
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```
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```py
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words('I love Python!!') # ['I', 'love', 'Python']
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words('python, javaScript & coffee') # ['python', 'javaScript', 'coffee']
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words('build -q --out one-item', r'\b[a-zA-Z-]+\b')
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# ['build', 'q', 'out', 'one-item']
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```
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