Question

How to split the elements of a list in Python

Answer 1

lst = ['python-1', 'c-2', 'c++-3', 'java-4', 'php-5']

result = [item.split('-', 1)[0] for item in lst]

print(result) 




'''
run:

['python', 'c', 'c++', 'java', 'php']

'''

 

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Answer 2

lst = ['python-1', 'c-2', 'c++-3', 'java-4', 'php-5']

result = [item.split('-') for item in lst]

print(result) 




'''
run:

[['python', '1'], ['c', '2'], ['c++', '3'], ['java', '4'], ['php', '5']]

'''

 

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Answer 3

lst = ['python-1', 'c-2', 'c++-3', 'java-4', 'php-5']

result = [item.split('-') for item in lst]
result = [item for l in result for item in l]

print(result) 




'''
run:

['python', '1', 'c', '2', 'c++', '3', 'java', '4', 'php', '5']

'''

 

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