Split a String by a Delimiter in Python

Below are the possible approaches to split a string by a delimiter in Python:

Using re.split() method
Using str.strip() method
Using csv.reader() method

Split a String by a Delimiter Using re.split() method

The below approach code uses re.split() method in Python, with the regular expression ‘,’, used to split the string “Geeks,for,Geeks” at each comma, resulting in the list [‘Geeks’, ‘for’, ‘Geeks’].

Python3

import re
data = "Geeks,for,Geeks"
result = re.split(',', data)
print(result)

Output

['Geeks', 'for', 'Geeks']

Split a String by a Delimiter Using the str.strip() method

The below approach code uses split(‘,’) to break the string “Geeks,for,Geeks” into substrings at each comma, and then applies strip() to remove leading and trailing whitespaces, producing the list [‘Geeks’, ‘for’, ‘Geeks’].

Python3

data = "Geeks,for,Geeks"
result = [substring.strip() for substring in data.split(',')]
print(result)

Output

['Geeks', 'for', 'Geeks']

Split a String by a Delimiter Using csv.reader() method

The below approach code uses csv.reader([data]) to interpret the string “Geeks,for,Geeks” as a CSV row, and list(…)[0] extracts the resulting list, printing [‘Geeks’, ‘for’, ‘Geeks’].

Python3

import csv
data = "Geeks,for,Geeks"
result = list(csv.reader([data]))[0]
print(result)

Output

['Geeks', 'for', 'Geeks']