Convert string to list in Python | Python string split() method

 

String split() Method

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

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

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

Syntax

string.split(separator, maxsplit)

Parameter Values

Parameter	Description
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"

Example 1

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

a = "welcome to the jungle"

x = a.split()
print(x)

Output:           [‘welcome’, ‘to’, ‘the’, ‘jungle’]

Example

Split the st 2ring, using comma, followed by a space, as a separator

a = "hello, my name is Peter, I am a computer teacher"

x = a.split(", ")
print(x)

Output:           [‘hello’, ‘my name is Manoj’, ‘I am a computer teacher’]

Example 3

Use a hash character as a separator

a = "apple#banana#cherry#orange"
x = a.split("#")
print(x)

Output:           [‘apple’, ‘banana’, ‘cherry’, ‘orange’]

Example 4

Split the string into a list with max 2 items

a = "apple#banana#cherry#orange"
x = a.split("#", 1)
print(x)

Output:           [‘apple’, ‘banana#cherry’#orange’]

Example 5

Split a string into a list where each word is a list item given by the user input:

a = input(“Enter value: “)

x = a.split();
print(x)

Output:           Enter value: My name is Manoj

[‘My’, ‘name’, ‘is’, ‘Manoj’]

 

Example 6

Split a string into a list where each word is a list item given by the user Multiple input like enter “4” inputs:

a = []

for x in range(4);

      x=input(“Enter value”)

a.append(x)
print(a)

Output:           Enter value: apple

                        Enter value: orange

                        Enter value: banana

                        Enter value: grapes

[‘apple’, ‘orange’, ‘banana’, ‘grapes’]

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