import re def isMatch(rgx, s): return bool(re.compile(rgx).match(s)) def strconcat(ls): return "".join(ls) def lines(s): return s.split("\n") def unlines(ls): return "\n".join(map(str,ls)) def lines(s): return s.split("\n") def split(sign, ls): rs = [] curr = [] for x in ls: if x==sign: rs.append(curr) curr = [] else: curr.append(x) rs.append(curr) return rs