Question

How to split a list of sentences into a list of words in Python

Answer 1

def convertIntoWords(lst): 
  wordList = []
  for item in lst:
      wordList += item.split()
      
  return wordList 


lst = ['Python is an interpreted high-level', 'general-purpose programming language'] 

print(convertIntoWords(lst)) 



'''
run:

['Python', 'is', 'an', 'interpreted', 'high-level', 'general-purpose', 'programming', 'language']

'''

 

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Answer 2

def convertIntoWords(lst): 
  return [i for item in lst for i in item.split()]


lst = ['Python is an interpreted high-level', 'general-purpose programming language'] 

print(convertIntoWords(lst)) 



'''
run:

['Python', 'is', 'an', 'interpreted', 'high-level', 'general-purpose', 'programming', 'language']

'''

 

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