How to extract the first and final words from a string?

Question

I have a small problem with something I need to do in school...

My task is the get a raw input string from a user (text = raw_input()) and I need to pri

Answer 1

Simply pass your string into the following function:

def first_and_final(str):
    res = str.split(' ')
    fir = res[0]
    fin = res[len(res)-1]
    return([fir, fin])

Usage:

first_and_final('This is a sentence with a first and final word.')

Result:

['This', 'word.']