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Split string without splitting embedded quoted strings and maintaining quotes.
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split_with_quoted_strings.py
import re
re_quoted_string = re.compile(r"(\"(?:\\\"|[^\"])*\"|'(?:\\'|[^'])*')")
def split_with_quoted_strings(s):
"""Split string without splitting embedded quoted strings."""
return [x.strip() for x in re_quoted_string.split(s) if x.strip()]
for x in split_with_quoted_strings('hello "world \\\"blah" \'x y z\' blah'):
print(x)
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