how to create code which finds a space within a string using the .find tool or a similar tool

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How do you find a space within a string using the .find function or a similar function?

I'm trying to create a code that finds a space within a string, so that I can separate the string into two parts.

If this is too vague, or you don't understand, please comment.

You mean if string is " This is Stack Overflow", you need to count number of spaces i.e. 3 in this case ? — Rahul Agarwal, Oct 11 '18 at 09:28
Hi, welcome to SO! Please note that this is not a code implementation service, normally people do some effort their own and come here with specific questions. — toti08, Oct 11 '18 at 09:28
@toti08 All I was asking is how to find a space within a inputted string — Jordan Maertens, Oct 11 '18 at 09:33
This is very unclear. What do you mean by "find a space"? Detect if one or more are present? Get the index of the space? Or simply split the string on the space? On all spaces? You have to be much more specific. — Thierry Lathuille, Oct 11 '18 at 09:35
Possible duplicate of [How to get the position of a character in Python?](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2294493/how-to-get-the-position-of-a-character-in-python) — Bernhard Barker, Oct 11 '18 at 09:35
See also: [How to split a string into a list?](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/743806/how-to-split-a-string-into-a-list) — Bernhard Barker, Oct 11 '18 at 09:35

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 11 '18 at 09:28

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Well, not understandable, but i think split:

s='a b'
print(s.split())

It converts to list with two strings

answered Oct 11 '18 at 09:28

U13-Forward

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 11 '18 at 09:35

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You have several ways to find spaces in a string, according to your needs.

You can use the find method to find the most left occurence

your_string.find(' ')

alternatively, you can find the most right occurence

your_string.rfind(' ')

you can also find all occurences with a comprehension list

[index for index, ch in enumerate(your_string) if ch == ' ']

You can also split all strings by space with

your_string.split() #Split by space by default

answered Oct 11 '18 at 09:35

BlueSheepToken

You can also do it with the re library, but I am not sure that's what you are looking for – BlueSheepToken Oct 11 '18 at 09:37
Thank you very much, Great detail. – Jordan Maertens Oct 11 '18 at 09:37
Nice and complete answer. – oerl Oct 11 '18 at 09:45
@BlueSheepToken I have completed the code thanks to you! You are a legend! – Jordan Maertens Oct 11 '18 at 09:49

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Oct 11 '18 at 09:32

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If you want to count spaces:

a =  "My Testing String"
a.count(' ')

answered Oct 11 '18 at 09:32

Rahul Agarwal

I want to see other answers, I want to test out different ways before I do. – Jordan Maertens Oct 11 '18 at 09:36

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