Find Multiple Whitespace

20 Apr 2019

import re

help(re.split)

Help on function split in module re:

split(pattern, string, maxsplit=0, flags=0)
    Split the source string by the occurrences of the pattern,
    returning a list containing the resulting substrings.  If
    capturing parentheses are used in pattern, then the text of all
    groups in the pattern are also returned as part of the resulting
    list.  If maxsplit is nonzero, at most maxsplit splits occur,
    and the remainder of the string is returned as the final element
    of the list.

re.split(r'\s{2,}', "2012.03.04       check everything      status: OK")

['2012.03.04', 'check everything', 'status: OK']

content = "2012.03.04       check everything      status: OK"

content

'2012.03.04       check everything      status: OK'

list = re.split(r'\s{2,}', content)

for a in list:
    print(a)

2012.03.04
check everything
status: OK