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Python Python Basics (2015) Python Data Types Splitting and Joining

Brad Raczynski
Brad Raczynski
1,065 Points
Posted by Brad Raczynski
Brad Raczynski
1,065 Points

I tried searching the python docs to find out how many times a .split can be used. Please link python docs to it.

Unable to search thru python docs to find my answer.

2 Answers

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,261 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,261 Points

What he means is that you can optionally set a limit, by default there is no limit on the number of splits.

See the documentation page for details regarding the "maxsplit" argument.

Brad Raczynski
Brad Raczynski
1,065 Points
Brad Raczynski
Brad Raczynski
1,065 Points

At minute 3:00 of the lesson "splitting & joining" Kenneth says, and i quote "split also has the ability to do a certain number of splits, but I'm going to leave that to you to look up..."