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Splitting Strings into Lists
The .split() method breaks a string into a list of smaller strings based on a specific character called a separator.
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sentence = "Python is fun"words = sentence.split(" ")print(words)
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sentence = "Python is fun"
Defines a string variable with spaces between words.
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words = sentence.split(" ")
Splits the string everywhere a space character is found.
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print(words)
Outputs the list ['Python', 'is', 'fun'].