TheAlgorithms-Python

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def split(string: str, separator: str = " ") -> list:
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    """
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    Will split the string up into all the values separated by the separator
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    (defaults to spaces)
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    >>> split("apple#banana#cherry#orange",separator='#')
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    ['apple', 'banana', 'cherry', 'orange']
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    >>> split("Hello there")
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    ['Hello', 'there']
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    >>> split("11/22/63",separator = '/')
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    ['11', '22', '63']
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    >>> split("12:43:39",separator = ":")
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    ['12', '43', '39']
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    """
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    split_words = []
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    last_index = 0
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    for index, char in enumerate(string):
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        if char == separator:
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            split_words.append(string[last_index:index])
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            last_index = index + 1
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        elif index + 1 == len(string):
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            split_words.append(string[last_index : index + 1])
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    return split_words
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if __name__ == "__main__":
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    from doctest import testmod
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    testmod()
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