Python: split a full name "First Last", "First Middle Last," etc ... into separate variables?

I'm looking for the best way to write a function that takes a string in the form:

"First" "First Last" "First Middle Last" "First M. Last" "First Second Third Last"

And can return a python a list with each of the values separated.

Thanks.开发者_Go百科

Use the split function:

>>> s = "First Middle Last"
>>> s.split(" ")
['First', 'Middle', 'Last']

Andrew Hare is correct, however if you want to split on whitespace, loose the " " parameter.
The default is whitespace and is more robust:

>>> '   a b     c   '.strip().split(" ")
['a', 'b', '', '', '', '', 'c']

>>> '   a b     c   '.strip().split()
['a', 'b', 'c']