Split string into list in jinja?

Question

I have some variables in a jinja2 template which are strings seperated by a ';'.

I need to use these strings separately in the code. i.e. the variable is variable1 = "green;blue"

{% list1 = {{ variable1 }}.split(';') %}
The grass is {{ list1[0] }} and the boat is {{ list1[1] }}

I can split them up before rendering the template but since it are sometimes up to 10 strings inside the string this gets messy.

I had a jsp before where I did:

<% String[] list1 = val.get("variable1").split(";");%>    
The grass is <%= list1[0] %> and the boat is <%= list1[1] %>

EDIT:

It works with:

{% set list1 = variable1.split(';') %}
The grass is {{ list1[0] }} and the boat is {{ list1[1] }}

Answer 1

After coming back to my own question after 5 year and seeing so many people found this useful, a little update.

A string variable can be split into a list by using the split function (it can contain similar values, set is for the assignment) . I haven't found this function in the official documentation but it works similar to normal Python. The items can be called via an index, used in a loop or like Dave suggested if you know the values, it can set variables like a tuple.

{% set list1 = variable1.split(';') %}
The grass is {{ list1[0] }} and the boat is {{ list1[1] }}

or

{% set list1 = variable1.split(';') %}
{% for item in list1 %}
    <p>{{ item }}<p/>
{% endfor %} 

or

{% set item1, item2 = variable1.split(';') %}
The grass is {{ item1 }} and the boat is {{ item2 }}