python string split
<p>I am trying to recognise user typed strings such as "exit" or "add number" using this:</p>

<pre><code> command, data = input('&gt;').split(" ", 1)
</code></pre>

<p>It works for two word input, but not one word of input ("need more than 1 value to unpack").</p>

<p>What is the best way of accepting both one/two word inputs?</p>
