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Python String splitlines() Method
Python splitlines() method splits the string based on the lines. It breaks the string at line boundaries and returns a list of splitted strings. Line breakers can be a new line (n), carriage return (r) etc. A table of line breakers are given below which split the string.
This method splits on the given line boundaries.
| Representation | Description |
|---|---|
| n | Line Feed |
| r | Carriage Return |
| rn | Carriage Return + Line Feed |
| v or x0b | Line Tabulation |
| f or x0c | Form Feed |
| x1c | File Separator |
| x1d | Group Separator |
| x1e | Record Separator |
| x85 | Next Line (C1 Control Code) |
| u2028 | Line Separator |
| u2029 | Paragraph Separator |
Signature
Parameters
keepends: It is a boolean value which can be either True or False. It is optional.
Return
It returns a comma separated list of lines.
Let’s see some examples of splitlines() method to understand it’s functionality.
Python String splitlines() Method Example 1
Output:
Java is a programming language ['Java is a programming language'] ['Java ', ' is a programming ', ' language']
Python String splitlines() Method Example 2
Passing True to the method which causes to include line breakers into the list of string. See the example below.
Output:
['Java n', ' is a programming r', ' language']
Python String splitlines() Method Example 3
Output:
['Java ', ' is a programming ', ' language for ', ' software development'] Java is a programming language for software development
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