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Split a string into a list where each word is a list item:

txt = "welcome to the jungle"

x = txt.split()

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The split() method splits a string into a list.

You can specify the separator, default separator is any whitespace.

Note: When maxsplit is specified, the list will contain the specified number of elements plus one .

separator Optional. Specifies the separator to use when splitting the string. By default any whitespace is a separator maxsplit Optional. Specifies how many splits to do. Default value is -1, which is "all occurrences"

Split the string, using comma, followed by a space, as a separator:

txt = "hello, my name is Peter, I am 26 years old"

x = txt.split(", ")

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Example

Use a hash character as a separator:

txt = "apple#banana#cherry#orange"

x = txt.split("#")

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Example

Split the string into a list with max 2 items:

txt = "apple#banana#cherry#orange"

# setting the maxsplit parameter to 1, will return a list with 2 elements!
x = txt.split("#", 1)

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