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Diffstat (limited to 'Objects/unicodeobject.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | Objects/unicodeobject.c | 6 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Objects/unicodeobject.c b/Objects/unicodeobject.c index c27fc00..47c4e2a 100644 --- a/Objects/unicodeobject.c +++ b/Objects/unicodeobject.c @@ -13170,11 +13170,13 @@ str.split as unicode_split character (including \n \r \t \f and spaces) and will discard empty strings from the result. maxsplit: Py_ssize_t = -1 - Maximum number of splits (starting from the left). + Maximum number of splits. -1 (the default value) means no limit. Return a list of the substrings in the string, using sep as the separator string. +Splitting starts at the front of the string and works to the end. + Note, str.split() is mainly useful for data that has been intentionally delimited. With natural text that includes punctuation, consider using the regular expression module. @@ -13183,7 +13185,7 @@ the regular expression module. static PyObject * unicode_split_impl(PyObject *self, PyObject *sep, Py_ssize_t maxsplit) -/*[clinic end generated code: output=3a65b1db356948dc input=07b9040d98c5fe8d]*/ +/*[clinic end generated code: output=3a65b1db356948dc input=a29bcc0c7a5af0eb]*/ { if (sep == Py_None) return split(self, NULL, maxsplit); |