title: Python : What is a string array?
body: <p>So I'm doing this coding challenge in Python and the problem says that the input is a <code>string array</code>. I downloaded a sample input, and the <code>.txt</code> file is like this:</p>
  
  <pre><code>13
  Alice;START
  Bob;START
  Bob;1
  Carson;START
  Alice;15
  Carson;6
  David;START
  David;24
  Evil;START
  Evil;24
  Evil;START
  Evil;18
  Fiona;START
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Honestly, I don't know how to process that input to obtain individual rows from it as pairs of items, so I failed the challenge badly. However, I'm still interested in learning.</p>
  
  <p>I tried to process the input using <code>split(";")</code>.</p>
  
  <p>Any ideas how to parse this input?</p>