Splitting Strings Related Tips
Learn how to split strings efficiently in Python.
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str.split() by white spaces
The str.split() method can be called in four ways, though two tend to cause problems. Those are:
- Without the separator
- With a separator
When the method is called with a separator, the method removes the separator string as a whole (not the individual separator characters) from the split string and returns a list of leftovers:
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print('Why, eh, do you, eh, want, eh, it?'.split(', eh, '))
If the split string contains two instances of the separator ...