Converting QGeoCoordinate to a string and the splitting values to another list

I have a QGeoCoordinate named newPosDeg. While debugging, the Locals and Expressions window shows the following value(s) for the variable

Locals and Expressions

this

newPosDeg @0x19b9918c QGeoCoordinate

d @0x19b9918c QSharedDataPointer<QGeoCoordinatePrivate>

[QSharedData] ref: 1 QSharedData
alt 90.0 double
lat 35.2371746642 double
lng -118.002151755 double

These are the values expected. However, when I attempt to split this QGeoCoordinate using the QGeoCoordinate::CoordinateFormat of DegreesMinutesSecondsWithHemisphere to a StringList called posList with the command...

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QStringList posList = newPosDeg.toString(degFormat).split(',');

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the value of posList in the Locals and Expressions window is as follows...

posList

[0] "35° 14' 13.8" N"
[1] " 118° 0' 7.7" W"
[2] " 90m"

Note the space prepended in front of the value for elements 1 and 2, and not element 0.
Does anyone know if this is the standard behavior for the split function used in this manner?

Hi, that space has always been there because QGeoCoordinate::toString generates a string like this: "27° 28' 3.2" S, 153° 1' 40.4" E, 28.1m", and splitting does not remove anything except the separator character/string.
You could split with ", " (string with comma followed by space) instead of ','.

Ginsengelf

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You could split with ", " (string with comma followed by space) instead of ','.

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In which case I think you'd need to turn off the KeepEmptyParts option to split(). The combination of "," and " " consecutively would generate an empty string in the list, I think.

Thanks d_stranz for helping. You stated...

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In which case I think you'd need to turn off the KeepEmptyParts option to split(). The combination of "," and " " consecutively would generate an empty string in the list

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When I first tried it, I was thinking the same thing, however it turns out that I didn't need to change the behavior. The documentation states...

If behavior is QString::SkipEmptyParts, empty entries don't appear in the result. By default, empty entries are kept.

so it worked just great with the default behavior.

Thanks again. :D

I'm not in front of a PC with Qt on it, so I wasn't sure whether Keep or Skip was the default. It's something to keep in mind though when using split().