Print one word from a string in python

Question

How can i print only certain words from a string in python ? lets say i want to print only the 3rd word (which is a number) and the 10th one

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Answer 1

mystring = "You have 15 new messages and the size is 32000"
 
print mystring.split(" ")[2]  #Prints the 3rd word

print mystring.split(" ")[9] #Prints the 10th word