def _parse_multi_options(options, split_token=','):
 if options:
  return [o.strip() for o in options.split(split_token) if o.strip()]
 else:
  return options

def _parse_multi_options ( options , split_token = ',' ) : if options : return [ o . strip ( ) for o in options . split ( split_token ) if o . strip ( ) ] else : return options
split and strip and discard empties .