如何查找字符串中任何一组字符的第一个索引

时间:2015-05-03 22:36:32

标签: python string indexing

我想找到字符串中第一次出现任何“特殊”字符的索引,如下所示:

>>> "Hello world!".index([' ', '!'])
5

...除了那些无效的Python语法。当然,我可以编写一个模拟这种行为的函数:

def first_index(s, characters):
    i = []
    for c in characters:
        try:
            i.append(s.index(c))
        except ValueError:
            pass
    if not i:
        raise ValueError
    return min(i)

我也可以使用正则表达式,但这两种解决方案似乎都有点矫枉过正。在Python中有没有“理智”的方法呢?

4 个答案:

答案 0 :(得分:18)

您可以将enumeratenextgenerator expression一起使用,获得第一场比赛,如果s中没有出现任何字符,则返回无:

s = "Hello world!"

st = {"!"," "}
ind = next((i for i, ch  in enumerate(s) if ch in st),None)
print(ind)

如果没有匹配项,您可以将您想要的任何值作为默认返回值传递。

如果要使用函数并引发ValueError:

def first_index(s, characters):
    st = set(characters)
    ind = next((i for i, ch in enumerate(s) if ch in st), None)
    if ind is not None:
        return ind
    raise ValueError

对于使用集合的较小输入,如果有任何差异则不会产生太大影响,但对于大字符串,它将更有效。

一些时间:

在字符串中,字符集的最后一个字符:

In [40]: s = "Hello world!" * 100    
In [41]: string = s    
In [42]: %%timeit
st = {"x","y","!"}
next((i for i, ch in enumerate(s) if ch in st), None)
   ....: 
1000000 loops, best of 3: 1.71 µs per loop    
In [43]: %%timeit
specials = ['x', 'y', '!']
min(map(lambda x: (string.index(x) if (x in string) else len(string)), specials))
   ....: 
100000 loops, best of 3: 2.64 µs per loop

不在字符串中,字符集更大:

In [44]: %%timeit
st = {"u","v","w","x","y","z"}
next((i for i, ch in enumerate(s) if ch in st), None)
   ....: 
1000000 loops, best of 3: 1.49 µs per loop

In [45]: %%timeit
specials = ["u","v","w","x","y","z"]
min(map(lambda x: (string.index(x) if (x in string) else len(string)), specials))
   ....: 
100000 loops, best of 3: 5.48 µs per loop

在字符串中是字符集的第一个字符:

In [47]: %%timeit
specials = ['H', 'y', '!']
min(map(lambda x: (string.index(x) if (x in string) else len(string)), specials))
   ....: 
100000 loops, best of 3: 2.02 µs per loop

In [48]: %%timeit
st = {"H","y","!"}
next((i for i, ch in enumerate(s) if ch in st), None)
   ....: 
1000000 loops, best of 3: 903 ns per loop

答案 1 :(得分:5)

使用gen-exp和find方法。

>>> a = [' ', '!']
>>> s = "Hello World!"
>>> min(s.find(i) for i in a)
5

要删除-1,如果它们出现,您可以在列表中使用过滤器

>>> a = [' ', '!','$']
>>> s = "Hello World!"
>>> min(s.find(i) for i in a if i in s)
5

或者您可以替换None

>>> min(s.find(i) if i in s else None for i in a)
5

添加timeit结果

$ python -m timeit "a = [' ', '\!'];s = 'Hello World\!';min(s.find(i) for i in a if i in s)"
1000000 loops, best of 3: 0.902 usec per loop
$ python -m timeit "a = [' ', '\!'];s = 'Hello World\!';next((i for i, ch  in enumerate(s) if ch in a),None)"
1000000 loops, best of 3: 1.25 usec per loop
$ python -m timeit "a = [' ', '\!'];s = 'Hello World\!';min(map(lambda x: (s.index(x) if (x in s) else len(s)), a))"
1000000 loops, best of 3: 1.12 usec per loop

在你的示例案例中,Padraic的漂亮解决方案有点慢。然而,在大型测试案例中,它绝对是一个胜利者。 (这有点令人惊讶的是,alfasin的"没有优化" 在这里也更快)

添加了实施细节

>>> def take1(s,a):
...     min(s.find(i) for i in a if i in s)
... 
>>> import dis
>>> dis.dis(take1)
  2           0 LOAD_GLOBAL              0 (min)
              3 LOAD_CLOSURE             0 (s)
              6 BUILD_TUPLE              1
              9 LOAD_CONST               1 (<code object <genexpr> at 0x7fa622e961b0, file "<stdin>", line 2>)
             12 MAKE_CLOSURE             0
             15 LOAD_FAST                1 (a)
             18 GET_ITER            
             19 CALL_FUNCTION            1
             22 CALL_FUNCTION            1
             25 POP_TOP             
             26 LOAD_CONST               0 (None)
             29 RETURN_VALUE        
>>> def take2(s,a):
...     next((i for i, ch  in enumerate(s) if ch in a),None)
... 
>>> dis.dis(take2)
  2           0 LOAD_GLOBAL              0 (next)
              3 LOAD_CLOSURE             0 (a)
              6 BUILD_TUPLE              1
              9 LOAD_CONST               1 (<code object <genexpr> at 0x7fa622e96e30, file "<stdin>", line 2>)
             12 MAKE_CLOSURE             0
             15 LOAD_GLOBAL              1 (enumerate)
             18 LOAD_FAST                0 (s)
             21 CALL_FUNCTION            1
             24 GET_ITER            
             25 CALL_FUNCTION            1
             28 LOAD_CONST               0 (None)
             31 CALL_FUNCTION            2
             34 POP_TOP             
             35 LOAD_CONST               0 (None)
             38 RETURN_VALUE        
>>> def take3(s,a):
...     min(map(lambda x: (s.index(x) if (x in s) else len(s)), a))
... 
>>> dis.dis(take3)
  2           0 LOAD_GLOBAL              0 (min)
              3 LOAD_GLOBAL              1 (map)
              6 LOAD_CLOSURE             0 (s)
              9 BUILD_TUPLE              1
             12 LOAD_CONST               1 (<code object <lambda> at 0x7fa622e44eb0, file "<stdin>", line 2>)
             15 MAKE_CLOSURE             0
             18 LOAD_FAST                1 (a)
             21 CALL_FUNCTION            2
             24 CALL_FUNCTION            1
             27 POP_TOP             
             28 LOAD_CONST               0 (None)
             31 RETURN_VALUE        

正如您在Padraic案例中可以清楚地看到的那样,全局函数nextenumerate的加载与最后的None一起消耗时间。在alfasin的解决方案中,主要的减速是lambda功能。

答案 2 :(得分:5)

我赞成re模块,因为它内置并已经过测试。它也针对这种事情进行了优化。

>>> import re
>>> re.search(r'[ !]', 'Hello World!').start()
5

你可能想要检查是否找到了匹配项,或者在没有找到匹配项时查看。

有理由不使用re,但我希望看到一个好的评论来证明理性。认为你可以做得更好&#34;通常是不必要的,这使得其他人更难以阅读代码,并且可维护性较差。

答案 3 :(得分:3)

不像Padraic Cunningham的解决方案那样优化,但仍然只是一个班轮:

string = "Hello world!"
specials = [' ', '!', 'x']
min(map(lambda x: (string.index(x) if (x in string) else len(string)), specials))