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#  What is the `split()` method?

The **`split()` method** splits a string into a list. Values in the list are separated using a separator character, mostly a `whitespace` by default.

>**Note**: Common separators include whitespace and commas.


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## Syntax
The general syntax of the `split()` method is:

```
string_name.split(separator, maxsplit)
```
1) **`separator`** is the character the `split()` function will use to separate the characters in the string. By default, it's a `whitespace` and this parameter is optional. 

2) **`maxsplit`** is the maximum number of splits to be made. By default, it is equal to `-1`, which means that the function will split at all occurrences of the specified separator. This parameter is also optional.


>**Note:** You do not need to import any libraries to use the `split()` function, since it's a built-in function. 

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## How does the `split()` function work?

Let's split a sentence on a `whitespace` and see what we get!



sentence = "I am a split function"

split_sentence = sentence.split(" ")

print(split_sentence)


Let’s split a sentence on a comma `,` and see what we get!


sentence = "The shop has cats, dogs, hamsters, and turtles."

split_sentence = sentence.split(",")

print(split_sentence)

Now let's set the `maxsplit` parameter as `2`. Setting the `maxsplit` parameter to `2` will split the string two times on a `#`, and will return a list with three elements!

sentence = "I#am splitting on #hash#and#have#maxsplit#value of #2"

split_sentence = sentence.split("#", 2)

print(split_sentence)

How to use Python split()

Splits a string into a list using a separator, defaulting to whitespace or specified character.

How to use Python split()

What is the split() method?

Syntax

How does the split() function work?

What is the `split()` method?

How does the `split()` function work?