Compare emoticons and put spaces around them in python

I have a dataset and ,when I am encountering an emoticons without any space , I want to place space around them but I don't know few things

• I have this list

  sentences=["HiRob😂","swiggy","😡😡"].
  

  how to compare them as they are stored as strings.

• How to put spaces around them?

  Desired output

  sentences=["HiRob 😂 ","swiggy"," 😡 😡 "]
  

My basic problem is to put spaces around them.

You can use the emoji package to simplify a bit your code.

from emoji import UNICODE_EMOJI

# search your emoji
def is_emoji(s, language="en"):
    return s in UNICODE_EMOJI[language]

# add space near your emoji
def add_space(text):
    return ''.join(' ' + char if is_emoji(char) else char for char in text).strip()

sentences=["HiRob😂","swiggy","😡😡"]
results=[add_space(text) for text in sentences]

print(results)

output

['HiRob 😂', 'swiggy', '😡 😡']

Try it online!

related to: How to extract all the emojis from text?

if add_space looks like black magic, here is a friendlier alternative:

def add_space(text):
  result = ''
  for char in text:
    if is_emoji(char):
      result += ' '
    result += char
  return result.strip()