Python String splitlines() 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.
splitlines() splits on the following line boundaries:
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Representation |
Description |
|---|---|
| \n | Line Feed |
| \r | Carriage Return |
| \r\n | Carriage Return + Line Feed |
| \x1c | File Separator |
| \x1d | Group Separator |
| \x1e | Record Separator |
| \x85 | Next Line (C1 Control Code) |
| \v or \x0b | Line Tabulation |
| \f or \x0c | Form Feed |
| \u2028 | Line Separator |
| \u2029 | Paragraph Separator |
Example 1
# 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']
Example 2
# 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']
Example 3: 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.
# 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]
