#!/usr/bin/env python msg = '!memo add key values values values' pieces = msg.split() if len(pieces) > 0 and pieces[0] == '!memo': if len(pieces) > 1: cmd, params = pieces[1], '' if len(pieces) > 2: params = pieces[2:] print 'memo with cmd "%s" and params "%s"' % (cmd, repr(params))