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authorGeorg Brandl <georg@python.org>2012-03-10 08:27:30 (GMT)
committerGeorg Brandl <georg@python.org>2012-03-10 08:27:30 (GMT)
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@@ -179,14 +179,19 @@ def subn(pattern, repl, string, count=0, flags=0):
def split(pattern, string, maxsplit=0, flags=0):
"""Split the source string by the occurrences of the pattern,
- returning a list containing the resulting substrings."""
+ returning a list containing the resulting substrings. If
+ capturing parentheses are used in pattern, then the text of all
+ groups in the pattern are also returned as part of the resulting
+ list. If maxsplit is nonzero, at most maxsplit splits occur,
+ and the remainder of the string is returned as the final element
+ of the list."""
return _compile(pattern, flags).split(string, maxsplit)
def findall(pattern, string, flags=0):
"""Return a list of all non-overlapping matches in the string.
- If one or more groups are present in the pattern, return a
- list of groups; this will be a list of tuples if the pattern
+ If one or more capturing groups are present in the pattern, return
+ a list of groups; this will be a list of tuples if the pattern
has more than one group.
Empty matches are included in the result."""