Splitting texts python
<p>thanks for answering my questions, I just want to clarify what I was asking.<br>
I'm trying to split the following string using str.split('+'), I'm reading in the strings from a text file: </p>

<pre><code>['\A'+'ABBOTT\s|\s'+'ABBOTT\s|\s'+'ABBOTT$|\A'+'ABBOTT LABORATORIES\s|\s'+'ABBOTT LABORATORIES\s|\s'+'ABBOTT LABORATORIES$']
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<p>the desired results would be: </p>

<pre><code>['\A'+'ABBOTT\s|\s', 'ABBOTT\s|\s', 'ABBOTT$|\A', 'ABBOTT LABORATORIES\s|\s', 'ABBOTT LABORATORIES\s|\s', 'ABBOTT LABORATORIES$']
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<p>But instead I'm getting: 
["'\A'", "'ABBOTT\s|\s'", "'ABBOTT\s|\s'", "'ABBOTT$|\A'", "'ABBOTT LABORATORIES\s|\s'", "'ABBOTT LABORATORIES\s|\s'", "'ABBOTT LABORATORIES$'"]</p>

<p>But I can't get the \ to stay as a single, after splitting
Thanks again!!!</p>
