How to split a string and keep the delimiter

[mquinta]

Hi!
So I have a string that I want to split but I need to keep the exact part that I'm splitting

for example

s_words = 'i need toKeepTHISword'

splitWord = s_words.split('THIS')

# Result: ['i need toKeep', 'word']

Result wanted:

['THIS']




Thanks in advance!

[bvdet]

Use string method index() and slicing.

>>> idx = 'i need toKeepTHISword'.index("THIS")
>>> 'i need toKeepTHISword'[idx:idx+len("THIS")]
'THIS'
>>>

[Rabbit]

Or just append THIS to every item except the last item. Since it must necessarily end with the delimiter.

[mquinta]

Thank you both!
I'll take a more careful look to the index() method, but with that lines the script works just fine :)