The splitting of string has always been discussed in various applications and use cases. One of the interesting variation of list splitting can be splitting the list on delimiter but this time only on the last occurrence of it. Let’s discuss certain ways in which this can be done.
Method #1 : Using rsplit(str, 1)
The normal string split can perform the split from the front, but Python also offers another method which can perform this very task from the rear end, and hence increasing the versatility of applications.
# Python3 code to demonstrate# Split on last occurrence of delimiter# using rsplit() # initializing string test_string = "gfg, is, good, better, and best" # printing original string print("The original string : " + str(test_string)) # using rsplit()# Split on last occurrence of delimiterres = test_string.rsplit(', ', 1) # print resultprint("The splitted list at the last comma : " + str(res)) |
The original string : gfg, is, good, better, and best The splitted list at the last comma : ['gfg, is, good, better', 'and best']
Method #2 : Using rpartition()
This function can also perform the desired reverse partition, but the drawbacks to use this is construction of additional delimiter value and also the speed is slower than above method and hence not recommended.
# Python3 code to demonstrate# Split on last occurrence of delimiter# using rpartition() # initializing string test_string = "gfg, is, good, better, and best" # printing original string print("The original string : " + str(test_string)) # using rpartition()# Split on last occurrence of delimiterres = test_string.rpartition(', ') # print resultprint("The splitted list at the last comma : " + str(res)) |
The original string : gfg, is, good, better, and best
The splitted list at the last comma : ('gfg, is, good, better', ', ', 'and best')
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