'see if tweet is contains any emoticons, +ve, -ve or neutral'

@staticmethod
def getAttributeEmoticon(tweet):

    emoji = list()
    for tok in re.split(ParseTweet.regexp['SPACES'], tweet.strip()):
        if (tok in Emoticons.POSITIVE):
            emoji.append(tok)
            continue
        if (tok in Emoticons.NEGATIVE):
            emoji.append(tok)
    return emoji
