title: read line from file but store as list (python)
body: <p>i want to read a specific line in a textfile and store the elements in a list.</p>
  
  <p>My textfile looks like this </p>
  
  <pre><code>'item1' 'item2' 'item3'
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I always end up with a list with every letter as an element</p>
  
  <p>what I tried</p>
  
  <pre><code>line = file.readline()
          for u in line:
              #do something
  </code></pre>