Python String split() Method
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Description
The method split() returns a list of all the words in the string, using str as the separator (splits on all whitespace if left unspecified), optionally limiting the number of splits to num.
Syntax
Following is the syntax for split() method −
str.split(str="", num=string.count(str)).
Parameters
str − This is any delimeter, by default it is space.
num − this is number of lines minus one
Return Value
This method returns a list of lines.
Example
The following example shows the usage of split() method.
#!/usr/bin/python
str = "Line1-abcdef \nLine2-abc \nLine4-abcd";
print str.split( )
print str.split(' ', 1 )
When we run above program, it produces following result −
['Line1-abcdef', 'Line2-abc', 'Line4-abcd'] ['Line1-abcdef', '\nLine2-abc \nLine4-abcd']
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