Python String | splitlines()

splitline() method is used to split the lines at line boundaries. The function returns a list of lines in the string, including the line break(optional).

Syntax :

string.splitlines([keepends])

Parameters :



keepends (optional): When set to True line breaks are included in the resulting list.

This can be a number, specifying the position of line break or, can be any Unicode characters, like “\n”, “\r”, “\r\n”, etc as boundaries for strings.

Return Value :

Returns a list of the lines in the string, breaking at line boundaries.

 

The below code shows the illustration of splitline() method.
 
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# Python code to illustrate splitlines()
string = "Welcome everyone to\rthe world of Geeks\nGeeksforGeeks"
  
# No parameters has been passed
print (string.splitlines( ))
  
# A specified number is passed
print (string.splitlines(0))
  
# True has been passed 
print (string.splitlines(True))

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Output :


['Welcome everyone to', 'the world of Geeks', 'GeeksforGeeks']
['Welcome everyone to', 'the world of Geeks', 'GeeksforGeeks']
['Welcome everyone to\r', 'the world of Geeks\n', 'GeeksforGeeks']



 

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# Python code to illustrate splitlines() 


string = "Cat\nBat\nSat\nMat\nXat\nEat"


  


# No parameters has been passed 


print (string.splitlines( )) 


  


# splitlines() in one line 


print('India\nJapan\nUSA\nUK\nCanada\n'.splitlines()) 



















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Output :


['Cat', 'Bat', 'Sat', 'Mat', 'Xat', 'Eat']
['India', 'Japan', 'USA', 'UK', 'Canada']


 

Practical Application:

In this code, we will understand how to use the concept of splitlines() to calculate the length of each word in a string.











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# Python code to get length of each words 


def Cal_len(string): 


      


    # Using splitlines() divide into a list 


    li = string.splitlines() 


    print (li) 


      


    # Calculate length of each word 


    l = [len(element) for element in li] 


    return l 


  


# Driver Code     


string = "Welcome\rto\rGeeksforGeeks"


print(Cal_len(string)) 



















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Output :


['Welcome', 'to', 'GeeksforGeeks']
[7, 2, 13]





    

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