def split(string: str, separator: str = " ") -> list:

"""

Will split the string up into all the values separated by the separator

(defaults to spaces)

>>> split("apple#banana#cherry#orange",separator='#')

['apple', 'banana', 'cherry', 'orange']

>>> split("Hello there")

['Hello', 'there']

>>> split("11/22/63",separator = '/')

['11', '22', '63']

>>> split("12:43:39",separator = ":")

['12', '43', '39']

>>> split(";abbb;;c;", separator=';')

['', 'abbb', '', 'c', '']

"""

split_words = []

last_index = 0

for index, char in enumerate(string):

if char == separator:

split_words.append(string[last_index:index])

last_index = index + 1

if index + 1 == len(string):

split_words.append(string[last_index : index + 1])

return split_words

if __name__ == "__main__":

from doctest import testmod

testmod()