title: How can I access the data in a Django form field form a view?
body: <p>I have a simple Django Form:</p>
  
  <pre><code>class testForm(forms.Form):
    list = forms.CharField()
  
    def getItems(self):
      #How do I do this?  Access the data stored in list.
      return self.list.split(",") #This doesn't work
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>The list form field stores a csv data value.  From an external instance of testForm in a view, I want to be able to look at the .csv value list stored in the form field.</p>