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Python 3 - String split() Method
Description
The split() method 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 to be made
Return Value
This method returns a list of lines.
Example
The following example shows the usage of split() method.
#!/usr/bin/python3
str = "this is string example....wow!!!"
print (str.split( ))
print (str.split('i',1))
print (str.split('w'))
Result
When we run above program, it produces the following result −
['this', 'is', 'string', 'example....wow!!!'] ['th', 's is string example....wow!!!'] ['this is string example....', 'o', '!!!']
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