python split list into two 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 list

string = 'this is a python string'
wordList = string.split(' ')