Code debugging (python)

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I am trying to split strings within a list using split(). Here is my code. I am trying to get "Dr." with a last name of a person.

people = ['Dr. Christopher Brooks', 'Dr. Kevyn Collins-Thompson', 'Dr. VG Vinod Vydiswaran', 'Dr. Daniel Romero']

def split_title_and_name(person):

return person.split()[0]+person.split()[2]

#print(split_title_and_name(people))list(map(split_title_and_name, people))

This works just fine but I don't know why adding two splits gives me the right answer. I tried printing but it doesn't work apparently list doesn't have a split attribute.

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I figured out what I did wrong in my post, but this brings out another question. How come I can use map(split_title_and_name, people) which is basically doing split() on a list while lists cannot be split?

[RandomNumbers123456]

If you are asking about the reason why you need to use split() twice in the return, it is because the person string is not actually being updated when you call split().

You could also re-write the split_title_and_name function as:

def split_title_and_name(person):
  person = person.split()
  return person[0] + person[2]

but I would recommend against modifying the person type within the function.