On Wed, Dec 2, 2015 at 2:37 PM, Robert <rxjw...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > I learn split method online. When I try to run the line with ss1 beginning, > I don't understand why its output of ss1 and ss2. I have check the help > about split. It looks like that it is a numpy method. > What is the split method parameter (within " ") for? > > > Thanks, > > > > ............... > ss0="1, 2, 4, 8, 16".split(", ") > > ss0 > Out[2]: ['1', '2', '4', '8', '16'] > > ss1="1, 2, 4, 8, 16".split(" , ") > > ss1 > Out[4]: ['1, 2, 4, 8, 16'] > > ss2="1, 2, 4, 8, 16".split(", ") > > ss2 > Out[9]: ['1, 2, 4, 8, 16'] > > help(split) > Help on function split in module numpy.lib.shape_base:
That's just some random function that you've imported into globals by doing "from numpy import *" or some such. What you're calling in these examples is a string method, not a global function. Try help(str.split) -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list