Function split

Lib/re/__init__.py:243–269

Split the source string by the occurrences of the pattern, returning a list containing the resulting substrings. If capturing parentheses are used in pattern, then the text of all groups in the pattern are also returned as part of the resulting list. If maxsplit is nonzero, at most

(pattern, string, *args, maxsplit=_zero_sentinel, flags=_zero_sentinel)

subn.__text_signature__ = '(pattern, repl, string, count=0, flags=0)'

def split(pattern, string, *args, maxsplit=_zero_sentinel, flags=_zero_sentinel):
    """Split the source string by the occurrences of the pattern,
    returning a list containing the resulting substrings.  If
    capturing parentheses are used in pattern, then the text of all
    groups in the pattern are also returned as part of the resulting
    list.  If maxsplit is nonzero, at most maxsplit splits occur,
    and the remainder of the string is returned as the final element
    of the list."""
    if args:
        if maxsplit is not _zero_sentinel:
            raise TypeError("split() got multiple values for argument 'maxsplit'")
        maxsplit, *args = args
        if args:
            if flags is not _zero_sentinel:
                raise TypeError("split() got multiple values for argument 'flags'")
            flags, *args = args
            if args:
                raise TypeError("split() takes from 2 to 4 positional arguments "
                                "but %d were given" % (4 + len(args)))

        import warnings
        warnings.warn(
            "'maxsplit' is passed as positional argument",
            DeprecationWarning, stacklevel=2
        )

    return _compile(pattern, flags).split(string, maxsplit)
split.__text_signature__ = '(pattern, string, maxsplit=0, flags=0)'

def findall(pattern, string, flags=0):