Create a new line after a string with space and comma in Python2.7

Question

I have a text file which contains some simple strings like

StatusInfoSet (2, 12), StatusInfoSet (2, 44)

I would like delete any empty line in the file and rewrite it in below pattern to the same file as well as printing it.

StatusInfoSet (2, 12) StatusInfoSet (2, 44)

I forgot to add that my data too has some string like (not all contain brackets)

 Hello, Hello, Hello, Hello, Hello

Any guidance would be really helpful.

Slam · Accepted Answer · 2014-11-27 16:45:55Z

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If strings in file is such consistent, you can simply use Python's native replace method and write to output something like

original_string.replace('), ', ')\n')

answered Nov 27, 2014 at 16:45

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2 Comments

I edited my question as I too have data which has no brackets

This worked pretty fine with a small change as line = line.replace('), ', ')\n') line = line.replace('o, ', 'o\n')

vks · Accepted Answer · 2014-11-27 16:58:35Z

,\s(?![^(]*\))

Try this.See demo.

x="StatusInfoSet (2, 12), StatusInfoSet (2, 44)" import re re.sub(r",\s(?![^(]*\))","\n",x)