Question

I think this should be relatively simple, but I can’t figure it out. I have a string that represents coordinates, +27.5916+086.5640 and I need to put a comma in between the longitude and latitude so I get +27.5916,+086.5640.

I’m looking through the API but I can’t seem to find something for this.

Oh and I have to use Python 2.7.3 since the program I writing for doesn’t support Python 3.X.

Answer 1

If your coordinates are c, then this would work. Note, however, this will not work for negative values. Do you have to deal with negatives as well?

",+".join(c.rsplit("+", 1))

For dealing with negatives as well.

import re
parts = re.split("([\+\-])", c)
parts.insert(3, ',')
print "".join(parts[1:])

OUTPUT

+27.5916,+086.5640'

And for negatives:

>>> c = "+27.5916-086.5640"
>>> parts = re.split("([\+\-])", c)
>>> parts.insert(3, ',')
>>> "".join(parts[1:])
'+27.5916,-086.5640'