python split by list

1string = 'this is a python string'
2wordList = string.split(' ')

1def split(txt, seps):
2    default_sep = seps[0]
3    # we skip seps[0] because that's the default separator
4    for sep in seps[1:]:
5        txt = txt.replace(sep, default_sep)
6    return [i.strip() for i in txt.split(default_sep)]
7
8
9>>> split('ABC ; DEF123,GHI_JKL ; MN OP', (',', ';'))
10['ABC', 'DEF123', 'GHI_JKL', 'MN OP']

1string = "this is a string" 		# Creates the string
2splited_string = string.split(" ")	# Splits the string by spaces
3print(splited_string) 				# Prints the list to the console
4# Output: ['this', 'is', 'a', 'string']