How do I split a list at full stops?-CodePudding

I am trying to scrape eBay for graphics cards but I have a problem trying to separate values from a list. Is there a way I can get ['Pre-Owned','ZOTAC, 'NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti', '8GB']

soup = BeautifulSoup(page, 'lxml')
art = soup.find_all('li', class_='s-item s-item__pl-on-bottom s-item--watch-at-corner')

for x in art:
    try:
        name = x.find('h3', class_='s-item__title').text
        price = x.find('div', class_='s-item__detail s-item__detail--primary').text
        shipping = x.find('span', class_='s-item__shipping s-item__logisticsCost').text
        con = x.find('div', class_='s-item__subtitle').text.split('.')```

>Output ```['Pre-Owned · ZOTAC · NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti · 8 GB']```

CodePudding user response：

First, your output list contains strings, so you have to separate values in those strings. As in the python documentation described, you can do this by calling the str.split()-method.

In your example, ['Pre-Owned · ZOTAC · NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti · 8 GB'] contains the string 'Pre-Owned · ZOTAC · NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti · 8 GB' at index 0.

To get your output, you split that string by the separator used in it, in that case " · ". Your code would be:

['Pre-Owned · ZOTAC · NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti · 8 GB'][0].split(" · ")

Alternatively, you can also iterate through the list; either by extending another list:

new_list = list()
for phrase in ['Pre-Owned · ZOTAC · NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti · 8 GB']:
    new_list.extend(phrase.split(" · "))

or by changing the list in-place:

your_list = ['Pre-Owned · ZOTAC · NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti · 8 GB']
for i in range(len(your_list)):
    your_list[i] = your_list[i].split(" · ")