On 04/01/14 14:10, Christian Alexander wrote:
I am curious to know why the split() method does not output the arbitrary delimiter that is passed as an argument? For example:
Because in most cases you don't want it and would have to strip it off each element manually after the event. I suppose they could have had a preserve parameter with a default value of False for the few cases where you want to keep it. But in the majority of cases split is used where we read a line of input from a data file where the data fields are separated by some arbitrary character, usually comma, tab or pipe. The important bit is the data not the separator. -- Alan G Author of the Learn to Program web site http://www.alan-g.me.uk/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/alangauldphotos _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
