def split(string: str, separator: str = " ") -> list:
 """
 Will split the string up into all the values separated by the separator
 (defaults to spaces)

 >>> split("apple#banana#cherry#orange",separator='#')
 ['apple', 'banana', 'cherry', 'orange']

 >>> split("Hello there")
 ['Hello', 'there']

 >>> split("11/22/63",separator = '/')
 ['11', '22', '63']

 >>> split("12:43:39",separator = ":")
 ['12', '43', '39']

 >>> split(";abbb;;c;", separator=';')
 ['', 'abbb', '', 'c', '']
 """

 split_words = []

 last_index = 0
 for index, char in enumerate(string):
 if char == separator:
 split_words.append(string[last_index:index])
 last_index = index + 1
 if index + 1 == len(string):
 split_words.append(string[last_index : index + 1])
 return split_words


if __name__ == "__main__":
 from doctest import testmod

 testmod()