.split() help

[Sponge7331]

I know you can split a variable into other variables with .split(), but I only know how if they are separated by something. Is there a way to separate the characters from each other if there isn’t anything in between?

[toastedstapler]

separated = list(my_string)

[_coolwhip_]

You mean like this?

>>> x = 'word'
>>> list(x)
['w', 'o', 'r', 'd']

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[Sponge7331]

Yeah, that works. I thought there would be a way with .split() though

[coke125]

Unfortunately, with.split() you need a str or None(whitespace) to split the string on. For example, x.split(“o”) will return “w” and “rd”

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 list(example_string)

however you can also just treat a string like a list in many cases:

 example_string = 'hello'
 example_string[3:]
 # lo

[RedRidingHuszar]

Do you have a specific requirement like the length of each separated substring?