ruby %w equivalent

[Thorsten Kampe]

* 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