Added django.utils.text.smart_split. Thanks, ckknight

git-svn-id: http://code.djangoproject.com/svn/django/trunk@3101 bcc190cf-cafb-0310-a4f2-bffc1f526a37

1 files changed, 10 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/django/utils/text.py b/django/utils/text.py
index 7b6e1182ab..08ac596836 100644
--- a/django/utils/text.py
+++ b/django/utils/text.py
@@ -109,3 +109,13 @@ def javascript_quote(s):
     s = s.replace("'", "\\'")
     return str(ustring_re.sub(fix, s))
 
+smart_split_re = re.compile('("(?:[^"\\\\]*(?:\\\\.[^"\\\\]*)*)"|\'(?:[^\'\\\\]*(?:\\\\.[^\'\\\\]*)*)\'|[^\\s]+)')
+def smart_split(text):
+    for bit in smart_split_re.finditer(text):
+        bit = bit.group(0)
+        if bit[0] == '"':
+            yield (bit[1:-1].replace('\\"', '"').replace('\\\\', '\\'), True)
+        elif bit[0] == "'":
+            yield (bit[1:-1].replace("\\'", "'").replace("\\\\", "\\"), True)
+        else:
+            yield (bit, False)