python : how to split the non-numeric character in lists?

I am trying to work out a simple function to split lists.

Here is one example list that i am working on

list

'Internet Specific                          163  23.42   163  23.45   5401.44  30.78 \n'

After I applied strip() and split function, i got this result.

list.strip().split()
['Internet', 'Specific', '163', '23.42', '163', '23.45', '5401.44', '30.78']

But, I want to split the list like this.

['Internet Specific', '163', '23.42', '163', '23.45', '5401.44', '30.78']

I want to split the numeric value but not the alphabet. Is there any way?

Thanks in advance

>Solution :

You can use python re module and re.split() to split string.

Pattern used: \s+(?=\d) [This search for one or more whitespace before digit]

Code:

import re
data = 'Internet Specific                          163  23.42   163  23.45   5401.44  30.78'
result = re.split("\s+(?=\d)", data)

print(result)

Output:

['Internet Specific', '163', '23.42', '163', '23.45', '5401.44', '30.78']