Hi, >How can I use the '.split()' method (am I right in calling it a method?)
The .split() is a method in Python which comes as in built method for String objects in Python. Any string defined in python will have the ability to call this function. >>> var = 'Hello how r u?' >>> dir(var) ['__add__', '__class__', '__contains__', '__delattr__', '__doc__', '__eq__', '__ge__', '__getattribute__', '__getitem__', '__getnewargs__', '__getslice__', '__gt__', '__hash__', '__init__', '__le__', '__len__', '__lt__', '__mod__', '__mul__', '__ne__', '__new__', '__reduce__', '__reduce_ex__', '__repr__', '__rmod__', '__rmul__', '__setattr__', '__str__', 'capitalize', 'center', 'count', 'decode', 'encode', 'endswith', 'expandtabs', 'find', 'index', 'isalnum', 'isalpha', 'isdigit', 'islower', 'isspace', 'istitle', 'isupper', 'join', 'ljust', 'lower', 'lstrip', 'replace', 'rfind', 'rindex', 'rjust', 'rsplit', 'rstrip', 'split', 'splitlines', 'startswith', 'strip', 'swapcase', 'title', 'translate', 'upper', 'zfill'] >>> var.split() ['Hello', 'how', 'r', 'u?'] >>> >writing each comma between words in the pie list in the following code? Also, is there >a way to use .split instead of typing the apostrophes? Thank you. >import random >pie=['keylime', 'peach', 'apple', 'cherry', 'pecan'] >print(random.choice(pie)) If you are talking about having predefined list pie with limited elements like above it is ok to code them straightaway with apostrophes and others will know that it is a predefined list. Suppose if the elements in list come as a line in a file or is a string, it will be better to use split() method and form a list. I hope Gary has provided the example for the same. pie = 'keylime peach apple cherry pecan'.split() I hope this clarifies your doubt. Regards, Krishnan On Tue, Aug 13, 2013 at 9:51 PM, <eschneide...@comcast.net> wrote: > How can I use the '.split()' method (am I right in calling it a method?) > without instead of writing each comma between words in the pie list in the > following code? Also, is there a way to use .split instead of typing the > apostrophes? Thank you. > > import random > pie=['keylime', 'peach', 'apple', 'cherry', 'pecan'] > print(random.choice(pie)) > > Eric > -- > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list >
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