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Python Python Basics (Retired) Shopping List Lists and Strings

Posted by Will Wilkes
Will Wilkes
286 Points

Help with creating python list automatically.

I need help with this question. Create a variable named full_name that holds your full name. Make another variable named name_list that holds your full name as a list, split on the spaces. Don't create name_list manually! I don't know how to do this automatically, I've tried.

full_name = ("Jack Jones")

name_list = list(full_name)

And I don't understand why this does not work!

1 Answer

tihomirvelev
tihomirvelev
14,109 Points

Hello,

There is a built-in function in python that returns a list of the words in string, separated with a predefined delimiter. The function is string.split(delimiter).

So for your question.

full_name = "Jack Jones"

name_list = full_name.split(" ")

It will output: ["Jack", "Jones"]

In the split() function, you are passing a space as a delimiter " ". If the string was written like that: "Jack,Jones", the you can pass a delimiter "," and it will output the same ['Jack', 'Jones'].

Hope that helps. Good Luck!