How to split a list, if possible?? (python) [duplicate]

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Can any one tell me how to split a list, if its possible. Want to split it word by word.

my list contains links like:

 ['14th_century;15th_century;16th_century;Pacific_Ocean;Atlantic_Ocean;Accra;Africa;Atlantic_slave_trade;African_slave_trade']

Now, i want to use the split method, to split up 14th_century and 15th_century, so it is 2 words, and so on with all links.

So for every sign " ; " it should just split it.

right now i made a for loop.

for line in loops:

UPDATE:

have done it so far as this.

links = []    
for line in newPath:
    links.append(line[3:4])

old_list = []
new_list = []

old_list = links
new_list = old_list[0].split(';')

print new_list

What is your definition of word (stream of characters separated by underscrores ?) — sateesh
– sateesh, Commented Apr 7, 2014 at 9:12

sshashank124 · Accepted Answer · 2014-04-07 09:01:19Z

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You can simply do:

my_list = old_list[0].split(';')

Examples

>>> old_list = ['14th_century;15th_century;16th_century;Pacific_Ocean;Atlantic_Ocean;Accra;Africa;Atlantic_slave_trade;African_slave_trade']

>>> my_list = old_list[0].split(';')
['14th_century', '15th_century', '16th_century', 'Pacific_Ocean', 'Atlantic_Ocean', 'Accra', 'Africa', 'Atlantic_slave_trade', 'African_slave_trade']

answered Apr 7, 2014 at 9:01

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Pixel Over a year ago

Then i get an error 'list' object has no attribute 'split'

sshashank124 Over a year ago

@pixel, Are you sure you did old_list[0] and not just old_list since your string is in a list in your question

Pixel Over a year ago

Have added new code in top

sshashank124 Over a year ago

@Pixel, Note, your old_list should be a list of length 1 which contains one long string as shown by the first code in your question.

sshashank124 Over a year ago

@pixel, please my example in my answer

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Scorpion_God · Accepted Answer · 2014-04-07 10:02:56Z

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You can simply do:

paths = ['abc;def;ghi', 'jkl;mno;pqr']
paths = [path.split(';') for path in paths]
>>> paths
[['abc', 'def', 'ghi'], ['jkl', 'mno', 'pqr']]

edited Apr 7, 2014 at 10:02

answered Apr 7, 2014 at 9:23

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Pixel Over a year ago

also give me same error, 'list' object has no attribute 'split'

Scorpion_God Over a year ago

Given that paths is a list of strings. Check my answer again for an example.

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