Method Name:
splitlines
Method Signature:
splitlines()
Method Overview:
- splitlines() of Python str class, breaks a string into multiple strings based on a set of line separators and returns the result in a python list object.
- The line separator characters include
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Line Separator |
Description |
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\n |
Line Feed |
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\r |
Carriage Return |
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\r\n |
Carriage Return and Line Feed |
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\v or \x0b |
Line Tabulation, Vertical Tab |
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\f or \x0c |
Form Feed |
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\x1c |
File Separator |
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\x1d |
Group Separator |
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\x1e |
Record Separator |
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\x85 |
Next Line |
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\u2028 |
Line Separator |
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\u2029 |
Paragraph Separator |
- Together with split() and splitlines()can be used to tokenize entire files of data which can be fed into relational data store or any other NoSQL data stores.
Example:
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sampleText = """The Little Prince is a classic tale of equal appeal to children and grown ups.""" lines = sampleText.splitlines()
print(lines)
linesWithEnds = sampleText.splitlines(keepends=True) print(linesWithEnds) |
Output:
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['The Little Prince is', 'a classic tale of equal appeal ', 'to children and grown ups.'] ['The Little Prince is\n', 'a classic tale of equal appeal \n', 'to children and grown ups.'] |