From d22e25002a39ac81e7c3232ada2ccef58c0a8fed Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Andrew M. Kuchling" Date: Fri, 14 Aug 1998 14:49:20 +0000 Subject: Clarify wording in the description of re.split Simplify the patterns in the examples for re.split --- Doc/lib/libre.tex | 10 +++++----- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/Doc/lib/libre.tex b/Doc/lib/libre.tex index a453fbf..8f41e1a 100644 --- a/Doc/lib/libre.tex +++ b/Doc/lib/libre.tex @@ -387,8 +387,8 @@ leftmost such \character{\#} through the end of the line are ignored. \begin{funcdesc}{split}{pattern, string, \optional{, maxsplit\code{ = 0}}} Split \var{string} by the occurrences of \var{pattern}. If - capturing parentheses are used in pattern, then occurrences of - patterns or subpatterns are also returned. + capturing parentheses are used in \var{pattern}, then the text of all + groups in the pattern are also returned as part of the resulting list. If \var{maxsplit} is nonzero, at most \var{maxsplit} splits occur, and the remainder of the string is returned as the final element of the list. (Incompatibility note: in the original Python @@ -396,11 +396,11 @@ leftmost such \character{\#} through the end of the line are ignored. later releases.) % \begin{verbatim} ->>> re.split('[\W]+', 'Words, words, words.') +>>> re.split('\W+', 'Words, words, words.') ['Words', 'words', 'words', ''] ->>> re.split('([\W]+)', 'Words, words, words.') +>>> re.split('(\W+)', 'Words, words, words.') ['Words', ', ', 'words', ', ', 'words', '.', ''] ->>> re.split('[\W]+', 'Words, words, words.', 1) +>>> re.split('\W+', 'Words, words, words.', 1) ['Words', 'words, words.'] \end{verbatim} % -- cgit v0.12