> this didn't work elegantly as expected: > > >>> ss > 'owi\nweoifj\nfheu\n' > >>> re.split(r'(?m)$',ss) > ['owi\nweoifj\nfheu\n'] Do you have a need to use a regexp? >>> ss.splitlines(True) ['owi\n', 'weoifj\n', 'fheu\n'] -tkc