[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I'm confused.
> What's the difference between this and string.split?
>>> s = 'hello, world'
>>> s.split(',')
['hello', ' world']
>>> s.partition(',')
('hello', ',', ' world')
split returns a list of the substrings on either side of the specified
argument.
partition returns a tuple of the substring on the left of the argument,
the argument itself, and the substring on the right. rpartition reads
from right to left.
But you raise a good point. Notice this:
>>> s = 'hello, world, how are you'
>>> s.split(',')
['hello', ' world', ' how are you']
>>> s.partition(',')
('hello', ',', ' world, how are you')
split will return all substrings. partition (and rpartition) only return
the substrings before and after the first occurrence of the argument.
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