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

Answer 1

Here i'm spliting a string on first occurance of alpha characters:

def split_on_first_alpha(i):
    #i="3.5 This is one of the way"
    split_1=re.split(r'[a-z]',i,maxsplit=1, flags=re.IGNORECASE)
    find_starting=re.findall(r'[a-z]',i,flags=re.IGNORECASE)
    split_1[1]=find_starting[0]+split_1[1]
    return split_1