Split string at commas except when in bracket environment

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Write your own custom split-function:

 input_string = """{J. Doe, R. Starr}, {Lorem
 {i}psum dolor }, Dol. sit., am. et."""


 expected = ['{J. Doe, R. Starr}', '{Lorem\n{i}psum dolor }', 'Dol. sit.', 'am. et.']

 def split(s):
     parts = []
     bracket_level = 0
     current = []
     # trick to remove special-case of trailing chars
     for c in (s + ","):
         if c == "," and bracket_level == 0:
             parts.append("".join(current))
             current = []
         else:
             if c == "{":
                 bracket_level += 1
             elif c == "}":
                 bracket_level -= 1
             current.append(c)
     return parts

 assert split(input_string), expected

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