Python Check if String split succeeded

Question

I am splitting a string "name:john" and want to check whether the split happened or not. What is the right way doing that check?

A quick solution: (but maybe overkill)

name = "name:john"
splitted = name.split(":")
if len(splitted) > 1:
    print "split"

Is there a more elaborate way of doing the check?

Answer 1

You can also choose the EAFP approach: split, unpack and handle ValueError:

try:
    key, value = name.split(":")
except ValueError:
    print "Failure"
else:
    print "Success"