[Tutor] how to split/partition a string on keywords?

[ALAN GAULD]

>>>> h,s,t = st.partition(' and')
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>The keyword needs a space at both ends:
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>    >>> st = 'an androphobic andromedan android'
>    >>> results
>    ['an', ' and', 'rophobic', ' and', 'romedan', ' and', 'roid', '']
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>Good catch, although to be honest I intended it to have a space...
>But I didn't check the output closely enough! :-(
>
>
>Alan g.
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