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diff --git a/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst b/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst index d3fc093..0aa9c12 100644 --- a/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst +++ b/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst @@ -1855,10 +1855,42 @@ expression support in the :mod:`re` module). .. method:: str.splitlines([keepends]) - Return a list of the lines in the string, breaking at line boundaries. - This method uses the :term:`universal newlines` approach to splitting lines. - Line breaks are not included in the resulting list unless *keepends* is - given and true. + Return a list of the lines in the string, breaking at line boundaries. Line + breaks are not included in the resulting list unless *keepends* is given and + true. + + This method splits on the following line boundaries. In particular, the + boundaries are a superset of :term:`universal newlines`. + + +-----------------------+-----------------------------+ + | Representation | Description | + +=======================+=============================+ + | ``\n`` | Line Feed | + +-----------------------+-----------------------------+ + | ``\r`` | Carriage Return | + +-----------------------+-----------------------------+ + | ``\r\n`` | Carriage Return + Line Feed | + +-----------------------+-----------------------------+ + | ``\v`` or ``\x0b`` | Line Tabulation | + +-----------------------+-----------------------------+ + | ``\f`` or ``\x0c`` | Form Feed | + +-----------------------+-----------------------------+ + | ``\x1c`` | File Separator | + +-----------------------+-----------------------------+ + | ``\x1d`` | Group Separator | + +-----------------------+-----------------------------+ + | ``\x1e`` | Record Separator | + +-----------------------+-----------------------------+ + | ``\x85`` | Next Line (C1 Control Code) | + +-----------------------+-----------------------------+ + | ``\u2028`` | Line Separator | + +-----------------------+-----------------------------+ + | ``\u2029`` | Paragraph Separator | + +-----------------------+-----------------------------+ + + .. versionchanged:: 3.2 + + ``\v`` and ``\f`` added to list of line boundaries. For example:: |