How to split a string into words that do not contain spaces in python?

Question

My line:

"This is a string" 

I want to turn it into a list:

 ["This", "is", "a", "string"] 

I use the split(" ") method, but it adds spaces as list items. Please, help,

Regards

Answer 1

 >>> v="This is a string" >>> v.split() ['This', 'is', 'a', 'string'] 

just use split() .

Answer 2

It will not add spaces as elements if you just use .split() instead of .split(' ')

 >>> "This is a string".split() ['This', 'is', 'a', 'string'] 

Answer 3

As the docs say, don't pass an argument.

 >>> "This is a string".split() ['This', 'is', 'a', 'string']