split.py

defsplit(string: str, separator: str=" ") ->list:
"""
 Will split the string up into all the values separated by the separator
 (defaults to spaces)

 >>> split("apple#banana#cherry#orange",separator='#')
 ['apple', 'banana', 'cherry', 'orange']

 >>> split("Hello there")
 ['Hello', 'there']

 >>> split("11/22/63",separator = '/')
 ['11', '22', '63']

 >>> split("12:43:39",separator = ":")
 ['12', '43', '39']

 >>> split(";abbb;;c;", separator=';')
 ['', 'abbb', '', 'c', '']
 """

split_words= []

last_index=0
forindex, charinenumerate(string):
ifchar==separator:
split_words.append(string[last_index:index])
last_index=index+1
ifindex+1==len(string):
split_words.append(string[last_index : index+1])
returnsplit_words


if__name__=="__main__":
fromdoctestimporttestmod

testmod()