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Examples

alphabet = 'a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h,i,j,k,l,m,n,o,p,q,r,s,t,u,v,w,x,y,z'
for letter in alphabet.split(','):  # Split letters by ','.
    print(letter)  # Print each letter on a separate line.

Description

The method split() returns a list of all words in the string using the provided separator. An optional second argument limits the number of splits.

Syntax

str.split(sep)
str.split(sep,num)

Parameters

sep	string to split words by
num	number of elements to split

string
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.join()
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