> > are there a strtok equivalent in python ? str.split() only takes single
> > seperator.

> use a regular expression split with a character group:

>     >>> s = "breakfast=spam+egg-bacon"
>     >>> import re
>     >>> re.split("[-+=]", s)
>     ['breakfast', 'spam', 'egg', 'bacon']

> to deal with an arbitrary set of delimiting characters without having to
> bother with RE syntax, use re.escape:

>     >>> re.split("[" + re.escape("-+=") + "]", s)
>     ['breakfast', 'spam', 'egg', 'bacon']

> </F>