title: TypeError: Type str doesn't support the buffer API when splitting string
body: <p>Hi all I have this code:</p>
  
  <pre><code>data = data.split('&amp;')
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>And I get the following error:</p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>data = data.split('&amp;') TypeError: Type str doesn't support the buffer
    API</p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>How to split my string?</p>