PYTHON

separate a string in python

spam = "A B C D"
eggs = "E-F-G-H"

# the split() function will return a list
spam_list = spam.split()
# if you give no arguments, it will separate by whitespaces by default
# ["A", "B", "C", "D"]

eggs_list = eggs.split("-", 3)
# you can specify the maximum amount of elements the split() function will output
# ["E", "F", "G"]

how to split a string by character in python

def split(word): 
    return [char for char in word]  
      
# Driver code 
word = 'geeks'
print(split(word)) 

#Output ['g', 'e', 'e', 'k', 's']

split string python

string = 'James Smith Bond'
x = string.split(' ') #Splits every ' ' (space) in the string to a list
# x = ['James','Smith','Bond']
print('The name is',x[-1],',',x[0],x[-1])

split string python

file='/home/folder/subfolder/my_file.txt'
file_name=file.split('/')[-1].split('.')[0]

How to Split Strings in python

s = 'KDnuggets is a fantastic resource'

print(s.split())

# Output

# ['KDnuggets', 'is', 'a', 'fantastic', 'resource']


# By default, split() splits on whitespace,
# but other character(s) sequences can be passed in as well.

s = 'these,words,are,separated,by,comma'
print('',' separated split -> {}'.format(s.split(',')))

s = 'abacbdebfgbhhgbabddba'
print(''b' separated split -> {}'.format(s.split('b')))


# ',' separated split -> ['these', 'words', 'are', 'separated', 'by', 'comma']
# 'b' separated split -> ['a', 'ac', 'de', 'fg', 'hhg', 'a', 'dd', 'a']

splitting strings in Python

cmd = input('Enter command:')
dictionary = cmd.split(' ')[1]
text = cmd.split(' ')[2:]