From d403e35d7a29c77d91a1e11b3490ccc1a9f0d10e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Rishon Pravin <rishonpravin@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 12 May 2026 16:58:20 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] Issue #14649

---
 strings/split.py | 16 +++++++++-------
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/strings/split.py b/strings/split.py
index ed194ec69c2f..7aff9cb2fe70 100644
--- a/strings/split.py
+++ b/strings/split.py
@@ -20,14 +20,16 @@ def split(string: str, separator: str = " ") -> list:
     """
 
     split_words = []
+    start = 0
+
+    while True:
+        index = string.find(separator, start)
+        if index == -1:
+            split_words.append(string[start:])
+            break
+        split_words.append(string[start:index])
+        start = index + len(separator)
 
-    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