def str2lst(astr_input, astr_separator="<STR_LIT:U+0020>"):
alistI = astr_input.split(astr_separator)<EOL>alistJ = []<EOL>for i in range(<NUM_LIT:0>, len(alistI)):<EOL><INDENT>alistI[i] = alistI[i].strip()<EOL>alistI[i] = alistI[i].encode('<STR_LIT:ascii>')<EOL>if len(alistI[i]):<EOL><INDENT>alistJ.append(alistI[i])<EOL><DEDENT><DEDENT>return alistJ<EOL>
Breaks a string at <astr_separator> and joins into a
list. Steps along all list elements and strips white
space.

The list elements are explicitly ascii encoded.