title: Python 3 error: 'module' object has no attribute 'split'
body: <p>In the Python 2.7 interpreter, the string split function works as expected:</p>
  
  <pre><code>&gt;&gt;&gt; import string
  &gt;&gt;&gt; a = "a b c"
  &gt;&gt;&gt; string.split(a)
  ['a', 'b', 'c']
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>But, in the Python 3.4.1 interpreter, I get an error:</p>
  
  <pre><code>&gt;&gt;&gt; import string
  &gt;&gt;&gt; a = "a b c"
  &gt;&gt;&gt; string.split(a)
  Traceback (most recent call last):
      File "&lt;stdin&gt;", line 1, in &lt;module&gt;
  AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'split'
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Any idea what I'm missing here?</p>
  
  <p>Thanks!</p>