Making a string in a list to two strings in a list

Question

I have a list like:

['Mark', 'Reynold', 'Peter', 'Randall Macenroe'] #The list is a lot longer, so I can't go by index

And I want to change that list into another list:

['Mark', 'Reynold', 'Peter', 'Randall', 'Macenroe']

How can I do that? I sure can use that space between the two names (there will be always a space between two names), but how?

user2555451 · Accepted Answer · 2014-10-09 17:18:21Z

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You can use a list comprehension and str.split:

>>> lst = ['Mark', 'Reynold', 'Peter', 'Randall Macenroe']
>>> [y for x in lst for y in x.split()]
['Mark', 'Reynold', 'Peter', 'Randall', 'Macenroe']
>>>

answered Oct 9, 2014 at 17:18

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TAN-C-F-OK Over a year ago

That was easier than i thought! Works perfectly. Really big thanks!

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