break message

gistfile1.py

message = "ABC[DE]F[GH]I"

def breakmessage(message):

  brace = False
  out = []


  for s in message:

    if s == "[":
      brace = True
      t = ""

    elif s == "]":
      brace = False
      out.append(t)

    elif brace:
      t += s

    else:
      out.append(s)

  return out

  
print breakmessage(message)