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diff --git a/django/utils/text.py b/django/utils/text.py index 7b6e1182ab..7df9bc03b7 100644 --- a/django/utils/text.py +++ b/django/utils/text.py @@ -109,3 +109,21 @@ def javascript_quote(s): s = s.replace("'", "\\'") return str(ustring_re.sub(fix, s)) +smart_split_re = re.compile('("(?:[^"\\\\]*(?:\\\\.[^"\\\\]*)*)"|\'(?:[^\'\\\\]*(?:\\\\.[^\'\\\\]*)*)\'|[^\\s]+)') +def smart_split(text): + """ + Generator that splits a string by spaces, leaving quoted phrases together. + Supports both single and double quotes, and supports escaping quotes with + backslashes. In the output, strings will keep their initial and trailing + quote marks. + >>> list(smart_split('This is "a person\'s" test.')) + ['This', 'is', '"a person\'s"', 'test.'] + """ + for bit in smart_split_re.finditer(text): + bit = bit.group(0) + if bit[0] == '"': + yield '"' + bit[1:-1].replace('\\"', '"').replace('\\\\', '\\') + '"' + elif bit[0] == "'": + yield "'" + bit[1:-1].replace("\\'", "'").replace("\\\\", "\\") + "'" + else: + yield bit |