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diff --git a/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst b/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst index 153ee44..d46cee5 100644 --- a/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst +++ b/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst @@ -1304,8 +1304,8 @@ functions based on regular expressions. Return a list of the words in the string, using *sep* as the delimiter string. If *maxsplit* is given, at most *maxsplit* splits are done (thus, the list will have at most ``maxsplit+1`` elements). If *maxsplit* is not - specified, then there is no limit on the number of splits (all possible - splits are made). + specified or ``-1``, then there is no limit on the number of splits + (all possible splits are made). If *sep* is given, consecutive delimiters are not grouped together and are deemed to delimit empty strings (for example, ``'1,,2'.split(',')`` returns |