Python String splitlines() Method
Description
Python string method splitlines() returns a list with all the lines in string, optionally including the line breaks (if num is supplied and is true)
Syntax
Following is the syntax for splitlines() method −
str.splitlines()
Parameters
Example
The following example shows the usage of splitlines() method.
#!/usr/bin/python
str = "Line1-a b c d e f\nLine2- a b c\n\nLine4- a b c d";
print str.splitlines( )
print str.splitlines( 0 )
print str.splitlines( 3 )
print str.splitlines( 4 )
print str.splitlines( 5 )
When we run above program, it produces following result −
['Line1-a b c d e f', 'Line2- a b c', '', 'Line4- a b c d']
['Line1-a b c d e f', 'Line2- a b c', '', 'Line4- a b c d']
['Line1-a b c d e f\n', 'Line2- a b c\n', '\n', 'Line4- a b c d']
['Line1-a b c d e f\n', 'Line2- a b c\n', '\n', 'Line4- a b c d']
['Line1-a b c d e f\n', 'Line2- a b c\n', '\n', 'Line4- a b c d']
Example
If you pass “True” as a parameter to this method this includes the line breaks in the output.
#!/usr/bin/python
str = "Line1-a b c d e f\nLine2- a b c\n\nLine4- a b c d";
print str.splitlines(True)
print str.splitlines( 0 )
print str.splitlines( 3 )
print str.splitlines( 4 )
print str.splitlines( 5 )
Output
When we run above program, it produces following result −
['Line1-a b c d e f\n', 'Line2- a b c\n', '\n', 'Line4- a b c d']
['Line1-a b c d e f', 'Line2- a b c', '', 'Line4- a b c d']
['Line1-a b c d e f\n', 'Line2- a b c\n', '\n', 'Line4- a b c d']
['Line1-a b c d e f\n', 'Line2- a b c\n', '\n', 'Line4- a b c d']
['Line1-a b c d e f\n', 'Line2- a b c\n', '\n', 'Line4- a b c d']
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