SPACE = ' '



def adjustResults(badResults, shift):

	'''

	>>> adjustResults([('a', 0), ('bbb', 13)], 3)

	[('a', 3), ('bbb', 16)]

	'''

	goodResults = []

	for word, pos in badResults:

		goodResults.append((word, pos + shift))

	return goodResults



def splitstring(s):

	'''

	>>> splitstring('xxx yyyy zzzz ')

	[('xxx', 0), ('yyyy', 4), ('zzzz', 9)]

	>>> splitstring(' x y   ')

	[('x', 1), ('y', 3)]

	'''

	



	if s == '':

		return []

	

	if s[0] == SPACE:

		return adjustResults(splitstring(s[1:]), 1)

	else:

		n = -1

		for e in s:

			n = n + 1

			if e == SPACE:

				return [(s[:n], 0)] + adjustResults(splitstring(s[n + 1:]), n + 1)

		return [(s, 0)]



	



if __name__ == '__main__':

	import doctest

	doctest.testmod()