Python snippets

snippets.py

## SPLIT AROUND SPACE ##

import string

# All forms of whitespace except the space
whitespace = string.whitespace[:-1]

# Split a string around its whitespace, with words and whitespace being entries in a list
def split_around_space(string):
    new = []
    current = ""
    for i in string:
        if i.isspace():
            new.append(current)
            current = ""
            if i in whitespace: # Included for demonstration: Only include "important" whitespace (from above)
                new.append(i)
        else:
            current += i
    new.append(current)
    return new