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I'm trying to combine similar characters that are next to each other that are in a list. I was wondering if there was a Python way to do it? Here's an example:



test = 'hello###_world###test#test123##'

splitter = re.split("(#)", test)

splitter = filter(None, splitter)


Which returns this in the splitter variable:



['hello', '#', '#', '#', '_world', '#', '#', '#', 'test', '#', 'test123', '#', '#']


I'm trying to combine the hashes so the list turns into this:



['hello', '###', '_world', '###', 'test', '#', 'test123', '##']


Thanks for any help!






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    I'm trying to combine similar characters that are next to each other that are in a list. I was wondering if there was a Python way to do it? Here's an example:



    test = 'hello###_world###test#test123##'
    
splitter = re.split("(#)", test)
    
splitter = filter(None, splitter)


    Which returns this in the splitter variable:



    ['hello', '#', '#', '#', '_world', '#', '#', '#', 'test', '#', 'test123', '#', '#']


    I'm trying to combine the hashes so the list turns into this:



    ['hello', '###', '_world', '###', 'test', '#', 'test123', '##']


    Thanks for any help!






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      I'm trying to combine similar characters that are next to each other that are in a list. I was wondering if there was a Python way to do it? Here's an example:



      test = 'hello###_world###test#test123##'
      
splitter = re.split("(#)", test)
      
splitter = filter(None, splitter)


      Which returns this in the splitter variable:



      ['hello', '#', '#', '#', '_world', '#', '#', '#', 'test', '#', 'test123', '#', '#']


      I'm trying to combine the hashes so the list turns into this:



      ['hello', '###', '_world', '###', 'test', '#', 'test123', '##']


      Thanks for any help!






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      I'm trying to combine similar characters that are next to each other that are in a list. I was wondering if there was a Python way to do it? Here's an example:



      test = 'hello###_world###test#test123##'
      
splitter = re.split("(#)", test)
      
splitter = filter(None, splitter)


      Which returns this in the splitter variable:



      ['hello', '#', '#', '#', '_world', '#', '#', '#', 'test', '#', 'test123', '#', '#']


      I'm trying to combine the hashes so the list turns into this:



      ['hello', '###', '_world', '###', 'test', '#', 'test123', '##']


      Thanks for any help!






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          Try:



          splitter = re.split("(#+)", test)





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            It gives an empty string at the end.

            – AkshayNevrekar
            21 mins ago






          • 2





            @AkshayNevrekar With splitter = filter(None, splitter) (as in the original post), it does not.

            – DYZ
            18 mins ago











          • This works for me. Thanks for the help!

            – Greg
            12 mins ago



















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          Add + at the end of the regular expression and filtering None values will do the trick



          >>> import re
          
>>> test = 'hello###_world###test#test123##'
          
>>> splitter = re.split("(#+)", test)
          
>>> splitter
          
['hello', '###', '_world', '###', 'test', '#', 'test123', '##', '']
          
>>> splitter = list(filter(None, splitter))
          
>>> splitter
          
['hello', '###', '_world', '###', 'test', '#', 'test123', '##']
          
>>>





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            You can use itertools.groupby:



            import itertools
            
test = 'hello###_world###test#test123##'
            
new_result = [''.join(b) for _, b in itertools.groupby(test, key=lambda x:x == '#')]


            Output:



            ['hello', '###', '_world', '###', 'test', '#', 'test123', '##']


            You can also use re.findall:



            import re
            
result = re.findall('#+|[^#]+', test)


            Output:



            ['hello', '###', '_world', '###', 'test', '#', 'test123', '##']





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            • This one also does the job. Thanks for the help!

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            Try:



            splitter = re.split("(#+)", test)





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              It gives an empty string at the end.

              – AkshayNevrekar
              21 mins ago






            • 2





              @AkshayNevrekar With splitter = filter(None, splitter) (as in the original post), it does not.

              – DYZ
              18 mins ago











            • This works for me. Thanks for the help!

              – Greg
              12 mins ago
















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            Try:



            splitter = re.split("(#+)", test)





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              It gives an empty string at the end.

              – AkshayNevrekar
              21 mins ago






            • 2





              @AkshayNevrekar With splitter = filter(None, splitter) (as in the original post), it does not.

              – DYZ
              18 mins ago











            • This works for me. Thanks for the help!

              – Greg
              12 mins ago














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            Try:



            splitter = re.split("(#+)", test)





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            • 1





              It gives an empty string at the end.

              – AkshayNevrekar
              21 mins ago






            • 2





              @AkshayNevrekar With splitter = filter(None, splitter) (as in the original post), it does not.

              – DYZ
              18 mins ago











            • This works for me. Thanks for the help!

              – Greg
              12 mins ago














            • 1





              It gives an empty string at the end.

              – AkshayNevrekar
              21 mins ago






            • 2





              @AkshayNevrekar With splitter = filter(None, splitter) (as in the original post), it does not.

              – DYZ
              18 mins ago











            • This works for me. Thanks for the help!

              – Greg
              12 mins ago








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            1





            It gives an empty string at the end.

            – AkshayNevrekar
            21 mins ago





            It gives an empty string at the end.

            – AkshayNevrekar
            21 mins ago




            2




            2





            @AkshayNevrekar With splitter = filter(None, splitter) (as in the original post), it does not.

            – DYZ
            18 mins ago





            @AkshayNevrekar With splitter = filter(None, splitter) (as in the original post), it does not.

            – DYZ
            18 mins ago













            This works for me. Thanks for the help!

            – Greg
            12 mins ago





            This works for me. Thanks for the help!

            – Greg
            12 mins ago













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            Add + at the end of the regular expression and filtering None values will do the trick



            >>> import re
            
>>> test = 'hello###_world###test#test123##'
            
>>> splitter = re.split("(#+)", test)
            
>>> splitter
            
['hello', '###', '_world', '###', 'test', '#', 'test123', '##', '']
            
>>> splitter = list(filter(None, splitter))
            
>>> splitter
            
['hello', '###', '_world', '###', 'test', '#', 'test123', '##']
            
>>>





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              Add + at the end of the regular expression and filtering None values will do the trick



              >>> import re
              
>>> test = 'hello###_world###test#test123##'
              
>>> splitter = re.split("(#+)", test)
              
>>> splitter
              
['hello', '###', '_world', '###', 'test', '#', 'test123', '##', '']
              
>>> splitter = list(filter(None, splitter))
              
>>> splitter
              
['hello', '###', '_world', '###', 'test', '#', 'test123', '##']
              
>>>





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                Add + at the end of the regular expression and filtering None values will do the trick



                >>> import re
                
>>> test = 'hello###_world###test#test123##'
                
>>> splitter = re.split("(#+)", test)
                
>>> splitter
                
['hello', '###', '_world', '###', 'test', '#', 'test123', '##', '']
                
>>> splitter = list(filter(None, splitter))
                
>>> splitter
                
['hello', '###', '_world', '###', 'test', '#', 'test123', '##']
                
>>>





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                Add + at the end of the regular expression and filtering None values will do the trick



                >>> import re
                
>>> test = 'hello###_world###test#test123##'
                
>>> splitter = re.split("(#+)", test)
                
>>> splitter
                
['hello', '###', '_world', '###', 'test', '#', 'test123', '##', '']
                
>>> splitter = list(filter(None, splitter))
                
>>> splitter
                
['hello', '###', '_world', '###', 'test', '#', 'test123', '##']
                
>>>






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                    You can use itertools.groupby:



                    import itertools
                    
test = 'hello###_world###test#test123##'
                    
new_result = [''.join(b) for _, b in itertools.groupby(test, key=lambda x:x == '#')]


                    Output:



                    ['hello', '###', '_world', '###', 'test', '#', 'test123', '##']


                    You can also use re.findall:



                    import re
                    
result = re.findall('#+|[^#]+', test)


                    Output:



                    ['hello', '###', '_world', '###', 'test', '#', 'test123', '##']





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                    • This one also does the job. Thanks for the help!

                      – Greg
                      11 mins ago
















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                    You can use itertools.groupby:



                    import itertools
                    
test = 'hello###_world###test#test123##'
                    
new_result = [''.join(b) for _, b in itertools.groupby(test, key=lambda x:x == '#')]


                    Output:



                    ['hello', '###', '_world', '###', 'test', '#', 'test123', '##']


                    You can also use re.findall:



                    import re
                    
result = re.findall('#+|[^#]+', test)


                    Output:



                    ['hello', '###', '_world', '###', 'test', '#', 'test123', '##']





                    share|improve this answer


























                    • This one also does the job. Thanks for the help!

                      – Greg
                      11 mins ago














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                    You can use itertools.groupby:



                    import itertools
                    
test = 'hello###_world###test#test123##'
                    
new_result = [''.join(b) for _, b in itertools.groupby(test, key=lambda x:x == '#')]


                    Output:



                    ['hello', '###', '_world', '###', 'test', '#', 'test123', '##']


                    You can also use re.findall:



                    import re
                    
result = re.findall('#+|[^#]+', test)


                    Output:



                    ['hello', '###', '_world', '###', 'test', '#', 'test123', '##']





                    share|improve this answer















                    You can use itertools.groupby:



                    import itertools
                    
test = 'hello###_world###test#test123##'
                    
new_result = [''.join(b) for _, b in itertools.groupby(test, key=lambda x:x == '#')]


                    Output:



                    ['hello', '###', '_world', '###', 'test', '#', 'test123', '##']


                    You can also use re.findall:



                    import re
                    
result = re.findall('#+|[^#]+', test)


                    Output:



                    ['hello', '###', '_world', '###', 'test', '#', 'test123', '##']






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