How to Split Strings in Python With the split() Method

You'll learn how to split strings in Python using the .split() method.

.split() has optional parameters that allow you to fine tune how strings are split. You’ll see how to use a bare call to .split() to cut out whitespace from a string and get a list of words.

You’ll also learn how to specify separators and also limit the number of splits in calls to split() using the "maxsplit" parameter.

[ashwithullal]

Maxsplit was the real eye-opener for me

[granthsharma]

Thanks for this video, I had been very confused in .split() method. Because of this video i have totally understood .split() method

[keshavdk]

Thank you Team Real Python. The best explanation ever seen.

[abubakarmeraj]

your teaching style is very good. you give multiple examples to make us understand!. Thanks!

[milaleelavati]

Спасибо! Просто, понятно и доступно. Такое не часто встретишь.

[PrimeEpoch]

I was trying to use regex to do this exact thing but this was much simpler, tyvm!

[abdulwaris]

Thanks best explanation just what I was searching for

[justicehansen]

This was precisely what I needed. Thank you!

[Qpwer]

I wrote some code for an assignment that worked, but I didn't really know why it worked lol. This helped a lot!

[alaahoussen]

Thanks I have been looking for this video for a long time thanks thanks Please Keep it up

[chuchojuarez]

is there a way to split on a certain delimiter but maintaining that delimiter in the list? and just making a list right before it?

[mrkunalgoswami]

can u tell how to divide a 32 bit binary string into 8 bit of chunks ?

[navinkamiabi]

is it possible to split it without loosing the s?

[szymonf]

Thanks for that video I thought I know how to use split() hence I've never checked the official docs <facepalm>, now I know now about the "maxsplit" parameter, it would so useful :)

[softwhere]

Do you have a link to the concatenating and joining strings videos? I can't seem to find them. This is all good and interesting. Very useful information

[manqobamkhwanazi]

what if you have a comma-delimited string of number:s and words and you want to separate them:

input: "show, number, 10, 25, joe 9"

output: show, number, joe
10, 25, 9

[swathireddy]

How to split a text file based on a separator and also on size

[swadhikarc]

Sounding a bit more audible would make this video the best version of split method in the universe. Well done

[pakapeta]

How about there is more then one symbol?

[doubledgaming]

How would you split using more than 1 item in the string? For instance, would it be string.split("+", " -, " "*", "/") ??