split array by comma python code example

Example 1: split a string by comma python

# We can use the split() function and put a "," in the parameter 
# It'll return a list with the string split up by commas.
txt = "hello, my name is Peter, I am 26 years old"

x = txt.split(",")
print(x)

# You can also do this
for thing in x:
  print(thing)

Example 2: separate a string in python

string = "A B C D"
string2 = "E-F-G-H"

# the split() function will return a list
stringlist = string.split()
# if you give no arguments, it will separate by whitespaces by default
# ["A", "B", "C", "D"]

stringlist2 = string2.split("-", 3)
# you can specify the maximum amount of elements the split() function will output
# ["E", "F", "G"]

Example 3: strip in split python

my_string = "blah, lots  ,  of ,  spaces, here "
result = [x.strip() for x in my_string.split(',')]
# result is ["blah", "lots", "of", "spaces", "here"]