Convert a space delimited string to list
PythonStringPython Problem Overview
i have a string like this :
states = "Alaska Alabama Arkansas American Samoa Arizona California Colorado"
and I want to split it into a list like this
states = {Alaska, Alabama, Arkansas, American, Samoa, ....}
I am new in python.
Help me, please. :-))
edit: I need to make a random choice from states and make it like the variable.
Python Solutions
Solution 1 - Python
states.split() will return
['Alaska', 'Alabama', 'Arkansas', 'American', 'Samoa', 'Arizona', 'California', 'Colorado']
If you need one random from them, then you have to use the random module:
import random
states = "... ..."
random_state = random.choice(states.split())
Solution 2 - Python
try
states.split()
it returns the list
['Alaska', 'Alabama', 'Arkansas', 'American', 'Samoa', 'Arizona', 'California', 'Colorado']
and this returns the random element of the list
import random
random.choice(states.split())
split statement parses the string and returns the list, by default it's divided into the list by spaces, if you specify the string it's divided by this string, so for example
states.split('Ari')
returns
['Alaska Alabama Arkansas American Samoa ', 'zona California Colorado']
Btw, list is in python interpretated with [] brackets instead of {} brackets, {} brackets are used for dictionaries, you can read more on this here
I see you are probably new to python, so I'd give you some advice how to use python's great documentation
Almost everything you need can be found here You can use also python included documentation, open python console and write help() If you don't know what to do with some object, I'd install ipython, write statement and press Tab, great tool which helps you with interacting with the language
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Solution 3 - Python
states = "Alaska Alabama Arkansas American Samoa Arizona California Colorado"
states_list = states.split (' ')
Solution 4 - Python
states_list = states.split(' ')
In regards to your edit:
from random import choice
random_state = choice(states_list)
Solution 5 - Python
Use string's split() method.
states.split()