Python String splitlines() Method
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Description
The method splitlines() returns a list with all the lines in string, optionally including the line breaks (if num is supplied and is true)
Syntax
Following is the syntax for splitlines() method −
str.splitlines( num=string.count('\n'))
Parameters
num − This is any number, if present then it would be assumed that line breaks need to be included in the lines.
Return Value
This method returns true if found matching string otherwise false.
Example
The following example shows the usage of splitlines() method.
Live Demo#!/usr/bin/python str = "Line1-a b c d e f\nLine2- a b c\n\nLine4- a b c d"; print str.splitlines( ) print str.splitlines( 0 ) print str.splitlines( 3 ) print str.splitlines( 4 ) print str.splitlines( 5 )
When we run above program, it produces following result −
['Line1-a b c d e f', 'Line2- a b c', '', 'Line4- a b c d'] ['Line1-a b c d e f', 'Line2- a b c', '', 'Line4- a b c d'] ['Line1-a b c d e f\n', 'Line2- a b c\n', '\n', 'Line4- a b c d'] ['Line1-a b c d e f\n', 'Line2- a b c\n', '\n', 'Line4- a b c d'] ['Line1-a b c d e f\n', 'Line2- a b c\n', '\n', 'Line4- a b c d']
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