Bugs item #1380970, was opened at 2005-12-14 18:33 Message generated for change (Comment added) made by rhettinger You can respond by visiting: https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=105470&aid=1380970&group_id=5470
Please note that this message will contain a full copy of the comment thread, including the initial issue submission, for this request, not just the latest update. Category: Documentation Group: Python 2.4 >Status: Closed Resolution: None Priority: 5 Private: No Submitted By: K.C. (kace) Assigned to: Raymond Hettinger (rhettinger) Summary: split() description not fully accurate Initial Comment: The page http://docs.python.org/lib/string-methods.html reads, in part, "If sep is not specified or is None, a different splitting algorithm is applied. First, whitespace characters (spaces, tabs, newlines, returns, and formfeeds) are stripped from both ends." However, this is not the behaviour that I'm seeing. (Although, I should note that I'd find the described behaviour more desirable.) Example, >>> trow = '1586\tsome-int-name\tNODES: 111_222\n' >>> print trow 1234 some-int-name NODES: 111_222 >>> trow.split(None,2) ['1234', 'some-int-name', 'NODES: 111_222\n'] # end example. Notice that the trailing newline has not been stripped as the documentation said it should be. Thanks all. K.C. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >Comment By: Raymond Hettinger (rhettinger) Date: 2007-01-05 21:19 Message: Logged In: YES user_id=80475 Originator: NO I prefer the docs as they currently read. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Comment By: Collin Winter (collinwinter) Date: 2006-01-26 11:04 Message: Logged In: YES user_id=1344176 I've provided a patch for this: #1414934. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Comment By: K.C. (kace) Date: 2005-12-14 18:36 Message: Logged In: YES user_id=741142 Also, (oops) the example comes from the most recent version: $ python Python 2.4.2 (#2, Oct 4 2005, 13:57:10) [GCC 3.4.2 [FreeBSD] 20040728] on freebsd5 Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. >>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can respond by visiting: https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=105470&aid=1380970&group_id=5470 _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
