Best way to strip() after split()

[buran]

Python 3.5.2 (default, Jul 17 2016, 00:00:00) 
[GCC 4.8.4] on linux
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>>> data = 'Red Duck | $125 | New | Ready | Very Good'
>>> product, price, condition, available, rating = data.split(' | ')
>>> print(product)
Red Duck

what error do you get - you can see it works in the interpreter. It also works as stand alone script too. Maybe post the code and full traceback.
the box is from using inline tag - in the editor it is second tag from the right - i.e. you have following tags in the editor: python, error, output, inlune, hint

[k357k9]

Never mind! It was a typo in both cases. It is all good now.
Thanks a lot. You have been most helpful