python split

Help on method_descriptor:

split(...)
    S.split([sep [,maxsplit]]) -> list of strings

    Return a list of the words in the string S, using sep as the
    delimiter string.  If maxsplit is given, at most maxsplit
    splits are done. If sep is not specified or is None, any
    whitespace string is a separator and empty strings are removed
    from the result.

In [5]: 'caimaoy jessie HHKB Tesla'.split(' ')
Out[5]: ['caimaoy', 'jessie', 'HHKB', 'Tesla']

Help on function split in module re:

split(pattern, string, maxsplit=0, flags=0)
    Split the source string by the occurrences of the pattern,
    returning a list containing the resulting substrings.

In [14]: re.split(r'\d', 'caimaoy1jessie2HHKB3Tesla')
Out[14]: ['caimaoy', 'jessie', 'HHKB', 'Tesla']

In [15]: re.split('o(o)', 'foobar')
Out[15]: ['f', 'o', 'bar']

In [19]: re.split('(and)', 'caimaoyandjessie')
Out[19]: ['caimaoy', 'and', 'jessie']

In [20]: re.split('o(and)o', 'caimaoyoandojessie')
Out[20]: ['caimaoy', 'and', 'jessie']

In [21]: re.split(r'(\d)', 'caimaoy3jessie')
Out[21]: ['caimaoy', '3', 'jessie']