Extract first 3 words from string

Question

I am looking for a script code to search for the first 3 words of a string.

Example :

words = 'I am confused looking for 3 words from the front'

Expected results:

'I am confused'

Solution

You can split the string into a list using the .split() method. Once you've done this you can extract the first 3 words from the sentence using a list slice ([:3]). Finally you'll want to join the result back together into a new string using .join():

words = 'I am confused looking for 3 words from the front'
' '.join(words.split()[:3])
>> 'I am confused'