Python: How can I include the delimiter(s) in a string split? [duplicate]

Answer 1

this thread is old, but since its top google result i thought of adding this:

if you dont want to use regex there is a simpler way to do it. basically just call split, but put back the separator except on the last token

def split_keep_deli(string_to_split, deli):
    result_list = []
    tokens = string_to_split.split(deli)
    for i in xrange(len(tokens) - 1):
        result_list.append(tokens[i] + deli)
    result_list.append(tokens[len(tokens)-1])
    return  result_list