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Python Python Basics (Retired) Shopping List Lists and Strings

helmi al kindy
helmi al kindy
1,371 Points
Posted by helmi al kindy
helmi al kindy
1,371 Points

How do I split on "spaces" ?

I don't understand the question could someone help me to add a split to the variable that I created?

greeting_list.py 
full_name = 'jon doe'
name_list = full_name.split(" ")
greeting_list = "Hi, I'm Treehouse"
greeting_list.split(" ")

1 Answer

Dan Johnson
Dan Johnson
40,532 Points
Dan Johnson
Dan Johnson
40,532 Points

You have it correct. You just need to store the result of the call to split back into greeting_list:

greeting_list = greeting_list.split(" ")

Or you can do it in one line:

greeting_list = "Hi, I'm Treehouse".split(" ")

You don't even have to pass in " " for the argument if you don't want. Splitting on a space is the default for split.

helmi al kindy
helmi al kindy
1,371 Points
helmi al kindy
helmi al kindy
1,371 Points

OK thanks, but how is this used in real life ?

Dan Johnson
Dan Johnson
40,532 Points
Dan Johnson
Dan Johnson
40,532 Points

You could use the split method to separate out formatted data from a file or elsewhere. For example you could grab all the paths from the PATH environment variable by splitting on ';'.