Get the string after a specific char

[JanJan]

Hi,

I am a newbie in Python and would like help on achieving getting the string after a specific character. For example below, how do i retrieve the character after the 2nd occurence of * which in this case OH.


N4*COLUMBUS*OH*43230*US

Thank you in advance for your help.

[buran]

Split at *, take the third element of the resulting list

[Gribouillis]

This can also be done with the re module

>>> import re
>>> data = "N4*COLUMBUS*OH*43230*US"
>>> match = re.match(r'(?:[^*]*\*){2}([^*]*)', data)
>>> match.group(1)
'OH'
>>>