# setup sep = "," no_sep = None # positives """ itemA itemB itemC """.split() "a,b,c,d".split(",") "a,b,c,d".split(None) "a,b,c,d".split(",", 1) "a,b,c,d".split(None, 1) "a,b,c,d".split(sep=",") "a,b,c,d".split(sep=None) "a,b,c,d".split(sep=",", maxsplit=1) "a,b,c,d".split(sep=None, maxsplit=1) "a,b,c,d".split(maxsplit=1, sep=",") "a,b,c,d".split(maxsplit=1, sep=None) "a,b,c,d".split(",", maxsplit=1) "a,b,c,d".split(None, maxsplit=1) "a,b,c,d".split(maxsplit=1) "a,b,c,d".split(maxsplit=1.0) "a,b,c,d".split(maxsplit=1) "a,b,c,d".split(maxsplit=0) "VERB AUX PRON ADP DET".split(" ") ' 1 2 3 '.split() '1<>2<>3<4'.split('<>') " a*a a*a a ".split("*", -1) # [' a', 'a a', 'a a '] "".split() # [] """ """.split() # [] " ".split() # [] "/abc/".split() # ['/abc/'] ("a,b,c" # comment .split() ) # ['a,b,c'] ("a,b,c" # comment1 .split(",") ) # ['a', 'b', 'c'] ("a," # comment "b," "c" .split(",") ) # ['a', 'b', 'c'] "hello "\ "world".split() # ['hello', 'world'] # prefixes and isc u"a b".split() # ['a', 'b'] r"a \n b".split() # ['a', '\\n', 'b'] ("a " "b").split() # ['a', 'b'] "a " "b".split() # ['a', 'b'] u"a " "b".split() # ['a', 'b'] "a " u"b".split() # ['a', 'b'] u"a " r"\n".split() # ['a', '\\n'] r"\n " u"\n".split() # ['\\n'] r"\n " "\n".split() # ['\\n'] "a " r"\n".split() # ['a', '\\n'] "a,b,c".split(',', maxsplit=0) # ['a,b,c'] "a,b,c".split(',', maxsplit=-1) # ['a', 'b', 'c'] "a,b,c".split(',', maxsplit=-2) # ['a', 'b', 'c'] "a,b,c".split(',', maxsplit=-0) # ['a,b,c'] # negatives # invalid values should not cause panic "a,b,c,d".split(maxsplit="hello") "a,b,c,d".split(maxsplit=-"hello") # variable names not implemented "a,b,c,d".split(sep) "a,b,c,d".split(no_sep) for n in range(3): "a,b,c,d".split(",", maxsplit=n) # f-strings not yet implemented world = "world" _ = f"{world}_hello_world".split("_") hello = "hello_world" _ = f"{hello}_world".split("_") # split on bytes not yet implemented, much less frequent b"TesT.WwW.ExamplE.CoM".split(b".") # str.splitlines not yet implemented "hello\nworld".splitlines() "hello\nworld".splitlines(keepends=True) "hello\nworld".splitlines(keepends=False)