Python String | split() - GeeksforGeeks

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.

CODE 1

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)]) 

Output :

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

CODE 2

word = 'geeks, for, geeks, pawan'
  
# maxsplit: 0 
print(word.split(', ', 0)) 
  
# maxsplit: 4 
print(word.split(', ', 4)) 
  
# maxsplit: 1 
print(word.split(', ', 1)) 

Output :

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

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