Convert string to a tuple

Question

I have a string like this:

'|Action and Adventure|Drama|Science-Fiction|Fantasy|'

How can I convert it to a tuple or a list?

Thanks.

Answer 1

>>> s = '|Action and Adventure|Drama|Science-Fiction|Fantasy|'
>>> 
>>> [item for item in s.split('|') if item.strip()]
['Action and Adventure', 'Drama', 'Science-Fiction', 'Fantasy']
>>> 

If you'd rather have a tuple then:

>>> tuple(item for item in s.split('|') if item.strip())
('Action and Adventure', 'Drama', 'Science-Fiction', 'Fantasy')
>>>