python - Extracting specific string after specific character -

new = ['mary 2jay 3ken +', 'mary 2jay 3ken +', 'steven +john '] print(new): mary 2jay 3ken + mary 2jay 3ken + steven +john  -

how sign/number after each person's name? i'm wondering whether dict work in case expected output is:

mary:2 jay:3 ken:+ steven:+ john:-

to index of "+" in string, can use:

index = a_string.index("+")

to check if "+" exist in string, use:

if "+" in a_string:     # ...

to iterate list of string, can do:

for text in new:     # ...

there fifty ways want. suggest read python tutorial.

edit

you can use regex extract fields name/number

for text in next:     couples = re.findall(r"(\s+)\s+(\d+|\+|\-|$)", text)     name, num in couples:         print(name, num)

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