code: def extract_args(self, data):
          
          args = []
          data = data.strip(' ')
          if ':' in data:
              lhs, rhs = data.split(':', 1)
              if lhs: args.extend(lhs.rstrip(' ').split(' '))
              args.append(rhs)
          else:
             args.extend(data.split(' '))
          return tuple(args)
docs: It extracts irc msg arguments.