how do i split a text into segments based on wherever a period OR a newline appears?

Question

My text is:

'3. COMMENCEMENT; TERM OF LEASE; AND OPTION TO RENEW\nThe initial term of this Lease shall be for a period of Five (5) years commencing on'

I want the following list:

[
    '3. COMMENCEMENT; TERM OF LEASE; AND OPTION TO RENEW',
    'The initial term of this Lease shall be for a period of Five (5) years commencing on'
]

Why isn't it being split on the first period? (The one after 3) — Patrick Haugh, Dec 30 '19 at 15:33
@PatrickHaugh should it be? It looks like OP just wants to split on `\n` — C.Nivs, Dec 30 '19 at 15:36

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 30 '19 at 15:38

If you replace all instances of a . with a \n, then you can split at every \n, and get the output you want.


text = '3. COMMENCEMENT; TERM OF LEASE; AND OPTION TO RENEW\nThe initial term of this Lease shall be for a period of Five (5) years commencing on'

# You might wish to replace the "." with a ".\n" instead so the "." is preserved
text = text.replace(".","\n")

text = text.split("\n")

print(text)

Output:

['3', ' COMMENCEMENT; TERM OF LEASE; AND OPTION TO RENEW', 'The initial term of this Lease shall be for a period of Five (5) years commencing on']

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 30 '19 at 15:41

>>> initial_statement = "3. COMMENCEMENT; TERM OF LEASE; AND OPTION TO RENEW\nThe initial term of this Lease shall be for a period of Five (5) years commencing on"
>>> temp_list = initial_statement.split("\n")
>>> print(temp_list)
['3. COMMENCEMENT; TERM OF LEASE; AND OPTION TO RENEW', 'The initial term of this Lease shall be for a period of Five (5) years commencing on.']

Or make it a string again

>>> final_result = ""
>>> for i in temp_list:
...     final_result += i
... 
>>> print(final_result)
3. COMMENCEMENT; TERM OF LEASE; AND OPTION TO RENEWThe initial term of this Lease shall be for a period of Five (5) years commencing on.

how do i split a text into segments based on wherever a period OR a newline appears?

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