How to split text?

Question

Python

The user enters a command, for example 'make.dir' and you want the a variable to be equal to the text before the dot, and b after the dot.

Answer 1

a, b = input().split('.')

Answer 2

A more noobish version:

cmd = 'make.dir'
a = cmd.split('.')[0]
b = cmd.split('.')[1]