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diff Doc/lib/libstdtypes.tex @ 34508:13176ed52e65 2.4
SF bug #1108303: fix .split() maxsplit doc
Docs incorrectly stated that maxsplit=0 would cause unlimited splitting.
| author | Raymond Hettinger <python@rcn.com> |
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| date | Wed, 26 Jan 2005 22:46:26 +0000 |
| parents | 68020bd1b9e2 |
| children | 19327db75d1c |
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--- a/Doc/lib/libstdtypes.tex Tue Jan 25 12:43:57 2005 +0000 +++ b/Doc/lib/libstdtypes.tex Wed Jan 26 22:46:26 2005 +0000 @@ -757,7 +757,7 @@ Return a list of the words in the string, using \var{sep} as the delimiter string. If \var{maxsplit} is given, at most \var{maxsplit} splits are done. (thus, the list will have at most \code{\var{maxsplit}+1} -elements). If \var{maxsplit} is not specified or is zero, then there +elements). If \var{maxsplit} is not specified, then there is no limit on the number of splits (all possible splits are made). Consecutive delimiters are not grouped together and are deemed to delimit empty strings (for example, \samp{'1,,2'.split(',')}