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Use split() method to split by delimiter. If the argument is omitted, it will be split by whitespace, such as spaces, newlines \n , and tabs \t . Consecutive whitespace is processed together. A list of the words is returned.
Python String | split() separator : This is a delimiter. The string splits at this specified separator. If is not provided then any white space is a separator. maxsplit : It is a number, which tells us to split the string into maximum of provided number of times.
Split String at Newline Split a string at a newline character. When the literal \n represents a newline character, convert it to an actual newline using the compose function. Then use splitlines to split the string at the newline character. Create a string in which two lines of text are separated by \n .
You can have a string split across multiple lines by enclosing it in triple quotes. Alternatively, brackets can also be used to spread a string into different lines. Moreover, backslash works as a line continuation character in Python. You can use it to join text on separate lines and create a multiline string.
str.splitlines method should give you exactly that.
>>> data = """a,b,c
... d,e,f
... g,h,i
... j,k,l"""
>>> data.splitlines()
['a,b,c', 'd,e,f', 'g,h,i', 'j,k,l']
If you want to split only by newlines, you can use str.splitlines():
Example:
>>> data = """a,b,c
... d,e,f
... g,h,i
... j,k,l"""
>>> data
'a,b,c\nd,e,f\ng,h,i\nj,k,l'
>>> data.splitlines()
['a,b,c', 'd,e,f', 'g,h,i', 'j,k,l']
With str.split() your case also works:
>>> data = """a,b,c
... d,e,f
... g,h,i
... j,k,l"""
>>> data
'a,b,c\nd,e,f\ng,h,i\nj,k,l'
>>> data.split()
['a,b,c', 'd,e,f', 'g,h,i', 'j,k,l']
However if you have spaces (or tabs) it will fail:
>>> data = """
... a, eqw, qwe
... v, ewr, err
... """
>>> data
'\na, eqw, qwe\nv, ewr, err\n'
>>> data.split()
['a,', 'eqw,', 'qwe', 'v,', 'ewr,', 'err']
data = """a,b,c
d,e,f
g,h,i
j,k,l"""
print(data.split()) # ['a,b,c', 'd,e,f', 'g,h,i', 'j,k,l']
str.split, by default, splits by all the whitespace characters. If the actual string has any other whitespace characters, you might want to use
print(data.split("\n")) # ['a,b,c', 'd,e,f', 'g,h,i', 'j,k,l']
Or as @Ashwini Chaudhary suggested in the comments, you can use
print(data.splitlines())
There is a method specifically for this purpose:
data.splitlines()
['a,b,c', 'd,e,f', 'g,h,i', 'j,k,l']
Here you go:
>>> data = """a,b,c
d,e,f
g,h,i
j,k,l"""
>>> data.split() # split automatically splits through \n and space
['a,b,c', 'd,e,f', 'g,h,i', 'j,k,l']
>>>
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