2010/7/29 MRAB <python at mrabarnett.plus.com>: > Shouldn't it be this: > >>>> 'banana'.split('') > ['', 'b', 'a', 'n', 'a', 'n', 'a', ''] Humm... I believe that it may be correct. It's not what I was expecting, but it does look accurate. -- Alex twitter.com/alexconrad