Split a string by spaces -- preserving quoted substrings -- in Python
- by Adam Pierce
I have a string which is like this:
this is "a test"
I'm trying to write something in Python to split it up by space while ignoring spaces within quotes. The result I'm looking for is:
['this','is','a test']
PS. I know you are going to ask "what happens if there are quotes within the quotes, well, in my application, that will never happen.