split a string into two strings in python

To split a string into two strings in Python, you can use the split() function. The split() function splits a string into a list of substrings based on a specified separator.

To split a string into two strings, you can specify the separator as the point where you want to split the string. For example, if you want to split a string into two at the first space character, you can use the following code:

main.py
string = "Hello World"
string1, string2 = string.split(" ", 1)
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The split(" ", 1) function splits the string at the first space character into two substrings, and returns them as a tuple. The first substring is assigned to string1 and the second substring is assigned to string2.

You can then print the two strings to see the result:

main.py
print(string1)  # Output: "Hello"
print(string2)  # Output: "World"
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If the separator character is not present in the string, then the original string is returned as the first substring and an empty string is returned as the second substring:

main.py
string = "HelloWorld"
string1, string2 = string.split(" ", 1)
print(string1)  # Output: "HelloWorld"
print(string2)  # Output: ""
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