Question

…note that values will be delimited by one or more space or TAB characters

How can I use the split() method if there are multiple separating characters of different types, as in this case?

Answer 1

by default split can handle multiple types of white space, not sure if it’s enough for what you need but try it:

>>> s = "a \tb     c\t\t\td"
>>> s.split()
['a', 'b', 'c', 'd']

It certainly works for multiple spaces and tabs mixed.