string.split() docstring described the interpretation of the maxsplit

argument incorrectly.
This closes SF bug #505997.
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Fred Drake 2002-01-30 16:15:13 +00:00
parent cf6bfe49b1
commit 1453754fcd

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@ -107,9 +107,9 @@ def split(s, sep=None, maxsplit=-1):
"""split(s [,sep [,maxsplit]]) -> list of strings
Return a list of the words in the string s, using sep as the
delimiter string. If maxsplit is given, splits into at most
maxsplit words. If sep is not specified, any whitespace string
is a separator.
delimiter string. If maxsplit is given, splits at no more than
maxsplit places (resulting in at most maxsplit+1 words). If sep
is not specified, any whitespace string is a separator.
(split and splitfields are synonymous)