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Answer 1

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>>> list("Word to Split")
['W', 'o', 'r', 'd', ' ', 't', 'o', ' ', 'S', 'p', 'l', 'i', 't']

Greg Hewgill 2008-09-22 07:42:15

Any reason you know of why "Word to Split".split('') doesn't do the same thing. It doesn't, but really seems like it should.

Walter Nissen 2010-08-17 04:59:32

@Walter Nissen: I get "ValueError: empty separator" when trying that. The empty regex is not terribly well defined.

Greg Hewgill 2010-08-17 05:23:16

Answer 2

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Why do you need it? Most of the time you can use a string like a list.

KovBal 2008-09-22 07:44:04

You can't sort, randomize, etc a string. Don't know his specific case, but these aren't uncommon operations.

Cody Brocious 2008-09-22 07:44:49

In fact, you can't modify a string in any way. That's why they are called "Immutable".

Matthew Schinckel 2008-09-22 09:08:19

Answer 3

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Try:

s = "Word to Split"
wordlist = list(s)
wordlist

That should give you what you need (['W','o','r','d',' ','t','o',' ','S','p','l','i','t']).

paxdiablo 2008-09-22 07:46:45

Answer 4

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The list function will do this

>>> list('foo')
['f', 'o', 'o']

Mez 2008-09-22 07:47:20

Answer 5

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Abuse of the rules, same result: (x for x in 'Word to split')

Actually an iterator, not a list. But it's likely you won't really care.

Tim Ottinger 2008-09-22 14:36:35

Is there a function in python to split a word into a list?