I often use split(). Instead of: s = ['a', 'b', 'c'] I'll type: s = 'a b c'.split() For multiline lists where I want to get rid of leading whitespace I

I often use split(). Instead of: s = ['a', 'b', 'c'] I'll type: s = 'a b c'.split() For multiline lists where I want to get rid of leading whitespace I'll add lstrip(): lines = """line 1 line 2 line 3 """.split('\n') lines = [line.lstrip() for line in lines]