How to split a string (using regex?) depending on digit/ not digit

Question

I want to split a string into a list in python, depending on digit/ not digit. For example,

5 55+6+  5/

should return

[\'5\',\'         


        

Answer 1

If order doesn't matter, you could do 2 splits:

re.split('\D+', mystring)

re.split('\d+', mystring)

However, from your input, it looks like it might be mathematical... in which case order would matter. :)

You are best off using re.findall, as in one of the other answers.