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Diffstat (limited to 'Lib/re.py')
| -rw-r--r-- | Lib/re.py | 11 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 3 deletions
@@ -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.""" |