Splitting strings in Python using specific characters

Question

I\'m trying to split an inputted document at specific characters. I need to split them at [ and ] but I\'m having a difficult time figuring this out.

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Answer 1

str.split() splits at the exact string you pass to it, not at any of its characters. Passing "[]" would split at occurrences of [], but not at individual brackets. Possible solutions are

1. splitting twice:

   words = [z for y in x.split("[") for z in y.split("]")]
   

2. using re.split().