Python - Splitting numbers and letters into sub-strings with regular expression

Question

I am creating a metric measurement converter. The user is expected to enter in an expression such as 125km (a number followed by a unit abbreviation). For conversio

Answer 1

What's wrong with re.findall ?

>>> s = '125km'
>>> re.findall(r'[A-Za-z]+|\d+', s)
['125', 'km']

[A-Za-z]+ matches one or more alphabets. | or \d+ one or more digits.

OR

Use list comprehension.

>>> [i for i in re.split(r'([A-Za-z]+)', s) if i]
['125', 'km']
>>> [i for i in re.split(r'(\d+)', s) if i]
['125', 'km']