title: Output string.split() into array elements in one line
body: <p>I have a string <code>myString</code>:</p>
  
  <pre><code>myString = "alpha beta gamma"
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I want to split <code>myString</code> into its three words:</p>
  
  <pre><code>myWords = myString.split()
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Then, I can access each word individually:</p>
  
  <pre><code>firstWord = myWords[0]
  secondWord = myWords[1]
  thirdWord = myWords[2]
  </code></pre>
  
  <p><strong>My question</strong>: How can I assign these three words in just one line, as an output from the <code>split()</code> function? For example, something like:</p>
  
  <pre><code>[firstWord secondWord thirdWord] = myString.split()
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>What's the syntax in Python 2.7?</p>