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  1. import re
  2.  
  3. def successive_matches(pattern,text,pos=0):
  4.   ptrn = re.compile(pattern)
  5.   match = ptrn.match(text,pos)
  6.   while match:
  7.     yield match.group()
  8.     if match.end() == pos:
  9.       break
  10.     pos = match.end()
  11.     match = ptrn.match(text,pos)
  12.   if pos < len(text) - 1:
  13.   	yield text[pos:]
  14.  
  15. for matched_text in successive_matches(r"('[^']*'|[^',]*),\s*","21, 2, '23.5R25 ETADT', 'description, with a comma'"):
  16. 	print matched_text
  17.  
Success #stdin #stdout 0.01s 8968KB
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stdin 
Standard input is empty
stdout 
21, 
2, 
'23.5R25 ETADT', 
'description, with a comma'
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Python (cpython 2.7.16)
created:
10 years ago
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