Split String of list on K character in Python

In this article, we will explore various methods to split string of list on K character in Python. The simplest way to do is by using a loop and split().

Using Loop and split()

In this method, we'll iterate through each word in the list using for loop and split it based on given K character using split() method.

a = ['Gfg is best', 'for Geeks', 'Preparing']

# Character to split on (space)
k = ' '

# Initialize an empty list to store the result
res = []

# Loop through each string in the list
for word in a:
  
    # Split the string at each space 'K'
    split_word = word.split(k)
    res.append(split_word)

print(res)

[['Gfg', 'is', 'best'], ['for', 'Geeks'], ['Preparing']]

Explanation:

• word.split(K): split() method splits each word at every occurrence of K.
  • For word 'Gfg is best', it splits into ['Gfg', 'is', 'best'].
  • For the word 'for Geeks', it splits into ['for', 'Geeks'].

Using List Comprehension

List comprehension is a more concise and Pythonic way to perform the above method.

a = ['Gfg is best', 'for Geeks', 'Preparing']

# Character to split on (space)
K = ' '

# Using list comprehension to split
# each string in the list on the space character
res = [word.split(K) for word in a]

print(res)

[['Gfg', 'is', 'best'], ['for', 'Geeks'], ['Preparing']]

Explanation:

• List comprehension iterates over each word in the list a and splits it at every occurrence of K
• split(K) performs the split operation and resulting substrings are collected into a list.