title: Extracting first names from list of full names in Python
body: <p>I've got a list of full names from a csv file, but I only want to apply my next piece of code to the first names from that list. The list looks like this:  </p>
  
  <pre><code>['michelle rodriguez', 'dexter king', 'gurukavari']  
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>But then for a few thousand names. As you can see, some of the names don't contain a last name, and some do. How do I create a new list which contains only the first names from this list?</p>