How do you obtain/split multiple string inputs in Python3

Question

So I have a function which obtains multiple arguments from a person:

@bot.command(name='koth')
async def koth_announcer(*args):

But how am I able to split the arguments into strings at a certain point? For instance: The user will input this: The Goblin Camp | -39,19 | 12:00 | 28/12

I need to be able to split the string at |. I tried:

args = str(args).split('|')

But this still returns everything as separate. Like this:

["('The'", " 'Goblin'", " 'Camp'", " '|'", " '-39", "19'", " '|'", " '12:00'", " '|'", " '28/12')"]

...but what is your expected output

m_callens
– m_callens

2017-02-28 15:58:37 +00:00
Commented Feb 28, 2017 at 15:58 — m_callens
– m_callens, Commented Feb 28, 2017 at 15:58
I need something like ["('The Goblin Camp ', '-39,19')"]

Joshua Sullivan
– Joshua Sullivan

2017-02-28 16:02:07 +00:00
Commented Feb 28, 2017 at 16:02 — Joshua Sullivan
– Joshua Sullivan, Commented Feb 28, 2017 at 16:02

Taku · Accepted Answer · 2017-02-28 16:02:26Z

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You can do it like so: first join the list then split it

@bot.command(name='koth')
async def koth_announcer(*args):
    msg = "".join(args) #joins the list of words first
    content = msg.split('|') #split the words at |

answered Feb 28, 2017 at 16:02

Taku

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2 Comments

Swier Over a year ago

You can also write it as content = "".join(args).split('|')

Joshua Sullivan Over a year ago

Argh that worked perfectly thank you so much. ['The Goblin Camp ', ' -39,19 ', ' 12:00 ', ' 28/12']

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