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Split and join words

Turn a sentence into tokens, then rebuild it with a custom separator.

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How it works

str.split() breaks text on whitespace by default. Pass a delimiter to split on commas, pipes, or any character.

str.join() is the inverse: call it on the separator string and pass an iterable of pieces.

Together they are perfect for parsing simple CSV-like input without importing the csv module.

Python

raw = "python split join example"
words = raw.split()
print(words)

joined = "-".join(words)
print(joined)

csv_line = "red,green,blue"
colors = csv_line.split(",")
print(" | ".join(colors))

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