string split without consumption

[Steve Holden]

robert wrote:
[...]
> but its also wrong regarding partial last lines.
> 
> re.split obviously doesn't understand \A \Z ^ $ and also \b etc. 
> empty matches.
> 
[...]
Or perhaps you don't understand re?

It's a tricky thing to start playing with. Look up re.MULTILINE ans 
re.DOTALL.

regards
  Steve
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