class Answerphone: def __init__(self): self.messages = [] def create_message(self, message): self.messages += message.split("|") def show_messages(self): for index, message in enumerate(self.messages): print("Message #", index, ": ", message, sep="") a = Answerphone() a.show_messages() print("#####") a.create_message("123|456|7!7!&89210478") a.show_messages()