select first word in string python
name = "Rick Sanchez" first_name = name.split(' ').pop(0) print(first_name) #Output 'Rick' #BONUS #From strings in a list (using list comprehension) names = ["Rick Sanchez", "Morty Smith", "Summer Smith", "Jerry Smith", "Beth Smith"] first_names = [name.split(' ').pop(0) for name in names] print(first_names) #Output ['Rick', 'Morty', 'Summer', 'Jerry', 'Beth']