Python split

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/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']