ruby %w equivalent

[Antoine De Groote]

Thorsten Kampe wrote:
> * John Machin (24 Sep 2006 15:32:20 -0700)
>> Antoine De Groote wrote:
>>> is there a python equivalent for the ruby %w operator?
>>> %w{a b c} creates an array with strings "a", "b", and "c" in ruby...
>>>
>> | >>> "a b c".split()
>> | ['a', 'b', 'c']
>>
>> ... appears to match your single example.
> 
> Something wrong with "list('abc')"? Or is it too simple?!
> 
> Thorsten

As far as I can tell this works for single characters only. You're not 
able to split words, as in "one two three".split().

Regards,
antoine