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diff Lib/string.py @ 11439:316be08c9ecd legacy-trunk
split() docstring: Made signature and description for the first
parameter match. Error pointed out by François
Pinard <pinard@iro.umontreal.ca> on c.l.py.
| author | Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org> |
|---|---|
| date | Thu, 04 Nov 1999 19:19:48 +0000 |
| parents | aca7b5eaf5e8 |
| children | 6f4146846337 |
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--- a/Lib/string.py Thu Nov 04 18:22:29 1999 +0000 +++ b/Lib/string.py Thu Nov 04 19:19:48 1999 +0000 @@ -100,11 +100,11 @@ # Split a string into a list of space/tab-separated words # NB: split(s) is NOT the same as splitfields(s, ' ')! def split(s, sep=None, maxsplit=0): - """split(str [,sep [,maxsplit]]) -> list of strings + """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 nonzero, splits into at most - maxsplit words If sep is not specified, any whitespace string + maxsplit words. If sep is not specified, any whitespace string is a separator. Maxsplit defaults to 0. (split and splitfields are synonymous)