diff --git a/.github/workflows/python-package.yml b/.github/workflows/python-package.yml
index 28f0840..bdbaf43 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/python-package.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/python-package.yml
@@ -12,11 +12,11 @@ on:
 jobs:
   build:
 
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        python-version: ["3.7", "3.8", "3.9", "3.10", "3.11"]
+        python-version: ["3.6", "3.7", "3.8", "3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12", "3.13"]
 
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v3
diff --git a/src/mavehgvs/variant.py b/src/mavehgvs/variant.py
index 98d7460..ea3a0cb 100644
--- a/src/mavehgvs/variant.py
+++ b/src/mavehgvs/variant.py
@@ -309,7 +309,7 @@ def _process_string_variant(  # noqa: max-complexity: 23
             positions = VariantPosition(match_dict[f"{pattern_group}_position"])
             if self._prefix == "p":
                 sequences = (positions.amino_acid, match_dict[f"{pattern_group}_new"])
-            elif self._prefix in tuple("gmo" "cn" "r"):
+            elif self._prefix in tuple("gmocnr"):
                 sequences = (
                     match_dict[f"{pattern_group}_ref"],
                     match_dict[f"{pattern_group}_new"],
@@ -479,43 +479,18 @@ def _variant_dictionary_to_string(  # noqa: max-complexity: 25
         else:
             return variant_string
 
-    def __eq__(self, other: "Variant") -> bool:
-        """Equality comparison operator.
+    def _format_component_variants(self) -> List[str]:  # noqa: max-complexity: 14
+        """Format each of the component variants of this variant into a variant string.
 
-        Parameters
-        ----------
-        other : Variant
-            The other Variant to compare to.
+        The result is a list of strings, each representing a single variant. If this
+        variant is a single variant, the list will contain a single element equivalent
+        to the input string. For multi-variants, the list will contain each component
+        variant of the variant.
 
         Returns
         -------
-        bool
-            True if this variant is the same as the other position; else False.
-
-        """
-        return (
-            self._target_id,
-            self.variant_count,
-            self._prefix,
-            self._variant_types,
-            self._positions,
-            self._sequences,
-        ) == (
-            other._target_id,
-            other.variant_count,
-            other._prefix,
-            other._variant_types,
-            other._positions,
-            other._sequences,
-        )
-
-    def __repr__(self) -> str:  # noqa: max-complexity: 14
-        """The object representation is equivalent to the input string.
-
-        Returns
-        -------
-        str
-            The object representation.
+        List[str]
+            List of formatted component variants.
 
         """
 
@@ -569,12 +544,55 @@ def format_variant(
             else:  # pragma: no cover
                 raise ValueError("invalid variant type")
 
+        return [format_variant(*t) for t in self.variant_tuples()]
+
+    def __eq__(self, other: "Variant") -> bool:
+        """Equality comparison operator.
+
+        Parameters
+        ----------
+        other : Variant
+            The other Variant to compare to.
+
+        Returns
+        -------
+        bool
+            True if this variant is the same as the other position; else False.
+
+        """
+        return (
+            self._target_id,
+            self.variant_count,
+            self._prefix,
+            self._variant_types,
+            self._positions,
+            self._sequences,
+        ) == (
+            other._target_id,
+            other.variant_count,
+            other._prefix,
+            other._variant_types,
+            other._positions,
+            other._sequences,
+        )
+
+    def __repr__(self) -> str:
+        """The object representation is equivalent to the input string.
+
+        Returns
+        -------
+        str
+            The object representation.
+
+        """
+
+        elements = self._format_component_variants()
+
         if self._target_id is not None:
             prefix = f"{self._target_id}:{self._prefix}"
         else:
             prefix = f"{self._prefix}"
 
-        elements = [format_variant(*t) for t in self.variant_tuples()]
         if self.is_multi_variant():
             return f"{prefix}.[{';'.join(elements)}]"
         else:
@@ -834,3 +852,21 @@ def target_id(self) -> Optional[str]:
 
         """
         return self._target_id
+
+    def components(self) -> Tuple[str, ...]:
+        """The component substrings of a variant.
+
+        Returns
+        -------
+        Tuple[str, ...]
+            List of component substrings for this variant.
+
+        """
+        if self.target_id is not None:
+            prefix = f"{self.target_id}:{self.prefix}"
+        else:
+            prefix = f"{self.prefix}"
+
+        return tuple(
+            [f"{prefix}.{component}" for component in self._format_component_variants()]
+        )
diff --git a/tests/test_variant.py b/tests/test_variant.py
index fe9a4f0..fb4dc60 100644
--- a/tests/test_variant.py
+++ b/tests/test_variant.py
@@ -987,6 +987,30 @@ def test_uses_extended_positions(self):
                 v = Variant(s)
                 self.assertTrue(v.uses_extended_positions())
 
+    def test_components(self):
+        variant_strings = [
+            ("p.[Glu27Trp;Ter345Lys]", ("p.Glu27Trp", "p.Ter345Lys")),
+            ("p.[Glu27Trp;Lys212fs]", ("p.Glu27Trp", "p.Lys212fs")),
+            (
+                "p.[Gly18del;Glu27Trp;Ter345Lys]",
+                ("p.Gly18del", "p.Glu27Trp", "p.Ter345Lys"),
+            ),
+            (
+                "p.[Gln7_Asn19del;Glu27Trp;Ter345Lys]",
+                ("p.Gln7_Asn19del", "p.Glu27Trp", "p.Ter345Lys"),
+            ),
+            (
+                "c.[1_35del;78+5_78+10del;122T>A]",
+                ("c.1_35del", "c.78+5_78+10del", "c.122T>A"),
+            ),
+            ("p.Glu27Trp", ("p.Glu27Trp",)),
+        ]
+
+        for s, expected_components in variant_strings:
+            with self.subTest(s=s):
+                v = Variant(s)
+                self.assertTrue(all([c in expected_components for c in v.components()]))
+
 
 # TODO: multi-variant test cases
 class TestMiscProperties(unittest.TestCase):