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Python String split() Method
Description:
This 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:
str.split(str="", num=string.count(str)).
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Parameters:
Here is the detail of parameters:
Return Value:
It returns a list of lines.
Example:
#!/usr/bin/python
str = "Line1-abcdef \nLine2-abc \nLine4-abcd";
print str.split( );
print str.split(' ', 1 );
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This will produce following result, note each line indicates an array:
['Line1-abcdef', 'Line2-abc', 'Line4-abcd']
['Line1-abcdef', '\nLine2-abc \nLine4-abcd']
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