"/1/2/3/".split("/")

It's too hot & I'm probably being retarded. >>> '/1/2/3/'.split('/') ['', '1', '2', '3',''] Whats with the empty elements at the start and end? Edit: Thanks all, im p

Solution 1:

Compare with:

"1/2/3".split("/")

Empty elements are still elements.

You could use strip('/') to trim the delimiter from the beginning/end of your string.

Solution 2:

As JLWarlow says, you have an extra '/' in the string. Here's another example:

>>> "//2//3".split('/')
['', '', '2', '', '3']

Solution 3:

Slashes are separators, so there are empty elements before the first and after the last.

Solution 4:

you're splitting on /. You have 4 /, so, the list returned will have 5 elements.

Solution 5:

That is exactly what I would expect, but we are all different :)

What would you expect from: : "1,,2,3".split(",") ?