Python String | split()

split() method returns a list of strings after breaking the given string by the specified separator.

Syntax : str.split(separator, maxsplit)

Parameters :
separator : This is a delimiter. The string splits at this specified separator. If is not provided then any white space is a separator.

maxsplit : It is a number, which tells us to split the string into maximum of provided number of times. If it is not provided then there is no limit.

Returns : Returns a list of strings after breaking the given string by the specified separator.



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text = 'geeks for geeks'
  
# Splits at space
print(text.split())
  
word = 'geeks, for, geeks'
  
# Splits at ','
print(word.split(','))
  
word = 'geeks:for:geeks'
  
# Splitting at ':'
print(word.split(':'))
  
word = 'CatBatSatFatOr'
  
# Splitting at 3
print([word[i:i+3] for i in range(0, len(word), 3)])

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Output :


['geeks', 'for', 'geeks']
['geeks', 'for', 'geeks']
['geeks', 'for', 'geeks']
['Cat', 'Bat', 'Sat', 'Fat', 'Or']


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word = 'geeks, for, geeks, pawan'


  


# maxsplit: 0 


print(word.split(', ', 0)) 


  


# maxsplit: 4 


print(word.split(', ', 4)) 


  


# maxsplit: 1 


print(word.split(', ', 1)) 



















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Output :


['geeks, for, geeks, pawan']
['geeks', 'for', 'geeks', 'pawan']
['geeks', 'for, geeks, pawan']





    

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