python split based on multiple delimiters code example

Example 1: how to split a string in python with multiple delimiters

>>> a='Beautiful, is; better*than\nugly'
>>> import re
>>> re.split('; |, |\*|\n',a)
['Beautiful', 'is', 'better', 'than', 'ugly']

Example 2: python split multiple delimiters

#Do a str.replace('? ', ', ') and then a str.split(', ')
#Example:
a = "Hello, what is your name? I'm Bob."
a.replace('? ', ', ')
print(a)
#"Hello, what is your name, I'm Bob."
a.split(", ")
print(a)
#["Hello", "what is your name", "I'm Bob."]