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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