Making a list of strings with 2 parameters. Python 3.3

Question

So lets say I have a sentence read from a file:

hello what is your name
my name is david

I am trying to make a list of strings from this so it looks like:

['hello','what','is','your','name','my','name','is','david']

The main problem is when I use the split option, I can only specify one parameter to split the string by.

I end up with either

['hello what is your name','my name is david']

When splitting by '\n'

OR

['hello','what','is','your','name\n','my','name','is','david\n']

When splitting by 'spacebar'.

Is there a way I can combine both these parameters to produce the list of strings above these two?

Thanks.

Don't specify any parameter: split()

sshashank124
– sshashank124

2014-04-18 06:59:59 +00:00
Commented Apr 18, 2014 at 6:59 — sshashank124
– sshashank124, Commented Apr 18, 2014 at 6:59

HYRY · Accepted Answer · 2014-04-18 06:59:37Z

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Just use text.split(), it will split the string by space, tab, and new line.

text = """hello what is your name
my name is david"""
print text.split()

#output: ['hello', 'what', 'is', 'your', 'name', 'my', 'name', 'is', 'david']

answered Apr 18, 2014 at 6:59

HYRY

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dehvud Over a year ago

Thank you for this. It turns out the problem all along was that I used text.split(' ') to specify spacebar. But text.split() splits everything. I had a feeling the answer I needed was dead simple.

Guestar · Accepted Answer · 2014-04-18 07:08:40Z

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phrase = """hello what is your name
my name is david"""
l = [word.replace('\n', '') for word in phrase.split()]

answered Apr 18, 2014 at 7:08

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