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Joshua Landau wrote:

> On 14 August 2013 09:30, Alister <alister.ware@ntlworld.com> wrote:
>> On Tue, 13 Aug 2013 22:12:56 -0700, Gary Herron wrote:
>>
>>> On 08/13/2013 09:51 PM, eschneider92@comcast.net wrote:
>>>> How can I use the '.split()' method (am I right in calling it a
>>>> method?) without instead of writing each comma between words in the pie
>>>> list in the following code? Also, is there a way to use .split instead
>>>> of typing the apostrophes? Thank you.
>>>>
>>>> import random pie=['keylime', 'peach', 'apple', 'cherry', 'pecan']
>>>> print(random.choice(pie))
>>>>
>>>> Eric
>>>
>>> I think you are referring to this:
>>>      pie = 'keylime peach apple cherry pecan'.split()
>>>
>>> While it's easier to type, and does save a few characters, I think the
>>> original list is clearer to a reader of your program.
>>>
>>> Gary Herron
>>
>> I would agree with the last statement.
>> Please write list definitions as lists rather than taking a short-cut to
>> save a few key presses
> 
> That's true with this example, but is:
> 
> lines = [
>     "Developments in high-speed rail, and high-speed",
...
>     "same problems the latter was designed to solve."
> ]
> 
> really more readable than:
> 
> lines = """\
> Developments in high-speed rail, and high-speed
...
> same problems the latter was designed to solve.
> """[1:-1].split("\n")
> 
> ?

It's definitely more correct -- unless you meant to strip the "D" from the 
first line ;)

I would use

lines = """\
Developments in high-speed rail, and high-speed
...
same problems the latter was designed to solve.
""".splitlines()

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.split() Qeustion eschneider92@comcast.net - 2013-08-13 21:51 -0700
  Re: .split() Qeustion Gary Herron <gary.herron@islandtraining.com> - 2013-08-13 22:12 -0700
    Re: .split() Qeustion Alister <alister.ware@ntlworld.com> - 2013-08-14 08:30 +0000
      Re: .split() Qeustion Joshua Landau <joshua@landau.ws> - 2013-08-14 11:31 +0100
        Re: .split() Qeustion Alister <alister.ware@ntlworld.com> - 2013-08-14 13:29 +0000
        Re: .split() Qeustion Duncan Booth <duncan.booth@invalid.invalid> - 2013-08-15 09:15 +0000
          Re: .split() Qeustion wxjmfauth@gmail.com - 2013-08-15 02:46 -0700
            Re: .split() Qeustion Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-08-15 10:54 +0100
            Re: .split() Qeustion Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-08-15 11:22 +0000
              Re: .split() Qeustion wxjmfauth@gmail.com - 2013-08-15 06:58 -0700
      Re: .split() Qeustion Peter Otten <__peter__@web.de> - 2013-08-14 13:45 +0200
      Re: .split() Qeustion Joshua Landau <joshua@landau.ws> - 2013-08-14 12:55 +0100
        Re: .split() Qeustion wxjmfauth@gmail.com - 2013-08-14 07:32 -0700
          Re: .split() Qeustion random832@fastmail.us - 2013-08-14 13:05 -0400
            Re: .split() Qeustion Steven D'Aprano <steve@pearwood.info> - 2013-08-15 07:17 +0000
          Re: .split() Qeustion Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-08-14 18:14 +0100
            Re: .split() Qeustion wxjmfauth@gmail.com - 2013-08-15 00:46 -0700
              Re: .split() Qeustion Lele Gaifax <lele@metapensiero.it> - 2013-08-15 16:38 +0200
              Re: .split() Qeustion MRAB <python@mrabarnett.plus.com> - 2013-08-15 15:54 +0100
              Re: .split() Qeustion Lele Gaifax <lele@metapensiero.it> - 2013-08-15 17:30 +0200
              Re: .split() Qeustion Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-08-15 16:43 +0100
                Re: .split() Qeustion Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-08-16 04:13 +0000
                Re: .split() Qeustion Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2013-08-16 00:29 -0400
                Re: .split() Qeustion Dave Angel <davea@davea.name> - 2013-08-16 05:27 +0000
                Re: .split() Qeustion Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-08-17 02:38 +0000
                Re: .split() Qeustion Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-08-17 03:45 +0100
                Re: .split() Qeustion Gene Heskett <gheskett@wdtv.com> - 2013-08-16 10:30 -0400
                Re: .split() Qeustion Gene Heskett <gheskett@wdtv.com> - 2013-08-16 10:24 -0400
                Re: .split() Qeustion Gregory Ewing <greg.ewing@canterbury.ac.nz> - 2013-08-17 11:16 +1200
                Re: .split() Qeustion Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> - 2013-08-16 15:59 +1000
                Re: .split() Qeustion Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2013-08-16 07:14 -0400
                Re: .split() Qeustion wxjmfauth@gmail.com - 2013-08-16 06:14 -0700
                Re: .split() Qeustion Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2013-08-16 09:23 -0400
                Re: .split() Qeustion wxjmfauth@gmail.com - 2013-08-17 01:09 -0700
                Re: .split() Qeustion Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2013-08-17 07:55 -0400
                Re: .split() Qeustion Gregory Ewing <greg.ewing@canterbury.ac.nz> - 2013-08-18 11:30 +1200
                Re: .split() Qeustion wxjmfauth@gmail.com - 2013-08-18 00:17 -0700
                Re: .split() Qeustion Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2013-08-16 13:59 +0000
              Re: .split() Qeustion Joshua Landau <joshua@landau.ws> - 2013-08-15 17:54 +0100
              Re: .split() Qeustion Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-08-15 19:28 +0100
                Re: .split() Qeustion Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-08-16 04:17 +0000
              Re: .split() Qeustion Joshua Landau <joshua@landau.ws> - 2013-08-15 19:40 +0100
              Re: .split() Qeustion Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2013-08-15 17:40 -0400
                Re: .split() Qeustion Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-08-16 04:22 +0000
              Re: .split() Qeustion Dave Angel <davea@davea.name> - 2013-08-15 22:56 +0000
                Re: .split() Qeustion Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-08-16 04:39 +0000
                Re: .split() Qeustion Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-08-16 04:41 +0000
          Re: .split() Qeustion Tim Chase <python.list@tim.thechases.com> - 2013-08-14 12:29 -0500
          Re: .split() Qeustion Skip Montanaro <skip@pobox.com> - 2013-08-14 12:38 -0500
          Re: .split() Qeustion Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-08-14 18:46 +0100
          Re: .split() Qeustion Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2013-08-14 15:45 -0400
  Re: .split() Qeustion Dave Angel <davea@davea.name> - 2013-08-14 05:35 +0000
  Re: .split() Qeustion eschneider92@comcast.net - 2013-08-13 22:44 -0700
  Re: .split() Qeustion Krishnan Shankar <i.am.songoku@gmail.com> - 2013-08-13 22:37 -0700
  .split() Qeustion "Alfonso Andalon Jr." <alfonsoandalon@gmail.com> - 2013-08-16 21:31 -0700

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