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How to split words in line of a file separated by ";"

How to split the words in line separated by ;:

10103;Baldwin, C;SFEN
10115;Wyatt, X;SFEN
10172;Forbes, I;SFEN
10175;Erickson, D;SFEN
10183;Chapman, O;SFEN
11399;Cordova, I;SYEN
11461;Wright, U;SYEN
11658;Kelly, P;SYEN
11714;Morton, A;SYEN
11788;Fuller, E;SYEN
Solution

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    line = "10103;Baldwin, C;SFEN 10115;Wyatt, X;SFEN 10172;Forbes, I;SFEN 10175;Erickson, D;SFEN 10183;Chapman, O;SFEN 11399;Cordova, I;SYEN 11461;Wright, U;SYEN 11658;Kelly, P;SYEN 11714;Morton, A;SYEN 11788;Fuller, E;SYEN"
line.split(";")

    Output

    ['10103',
 'Baldwin, C',
 'SFEN 10115',
 'Wyatt, X',
 'SFEN 10172',
 'Forbes, I',
 'SFEN 10175',
 'Erickson, D',
 'SFEN 10183',
 'Chapman, O',
 'SFEN 11399',
 'Cordova, I',
 'SYEN 11461',
 'Wright, U',
 'SYEN 11658',
 'Kelly, P',
 'SYEN 11714',
 'Morton, A',
 'SYEN 11788',
 'Fuller, E',
 'SYEN']