Python shlex - Split -

i split shlex kind of string:

str = 'this doesn''t work' 54e+5 15 .false. 'another example of "test"' 

result expected:

• this doesn''t work
• 54e+5
• 15
• .false.
• another example of "test"

my main issue syntax uses double simple quotes '' inside quoted string. cannot shlex work. tried following settings:

lex = shlex.shlex(str) lex.whitespace_split = true lex.quotes = "'" 

but splits between '' if there no whitespace character.

thank !!

ideally, if control how text generated, write file csv , allow csv module quote items. reading list cinch.

but given text is, how about:

in [4]: import shlex in [6]: text = """'this doesn''t work' 54e+5 15 .false. 'another example of "test"'""" in [34]: [item.replace('\\"\\"',"''") item in shlex.split(text.replace("''",'\\"\\"'))] out[34]: ["this doesn''t work", '54e+5', '15', '.false.', 'another example of "test"']