String partition() in Python

The partition() method splits the string at the first occurrence of the separator and returns a tuple containing the part the before separator, separator and the part after the separator. Here separator is a string which is given has the argument.

Syntax:
string.partition(separator)

Parameters:
The partition() method takes a separator(a string) as the argument that separates the string at the first occurrence of it.

Returns:
Returns a tuple which contains the part before the separator, separator parameter, and the part after the separator if the separator parameter is found in the string.
Returns a tuple which contains string itself and two empty strings if the separator parameter is not found.

CODE 1

string = "pawan is a good"
  
# 'is' separator is found 
print(string.partition('is ')) 
  
# 'not' separator is not found 
print(string.partition('bad ')) 
  
string = "pawan is a good, isn't it"
  
# splits at first occurrence of 'is' 
print(string.partition('is')) 

Output:

('pawan ', 'is ', 'a good')
('pawan is a good', '', '')
('pawan ', 'is', " a good, isn't it")

CODE2

string = "geeks is a good"
  
# 'is' separator is found 
print(string.partition('is ')) 
  
# 'not' separator is not found 
print(string.partition('bad ')) 
  
string = "geeks is a good, isn't it"
  
# splits at first occurrence of 'is' 
print(string.partition('is')) 

Output:

('geeks ', 'is ', 'a good')
('geeks is a good', '', '')
('geeks ', 'is', " a good, isn't it")

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