[Python-ideas] Optional keepsep argument in str.split()

[Ryan Gonzalez]

Sounds interesting...not sure about how often it'd be used, since I could
always use re:

re.split('(n)', 'python3')



On Wed, Aug 28, 2013 at 1:42 PM, Marco Buttu <mbuttu at oa-cagliari.inaf.it>wrote:

> What do you think about an optional `keepsep` argument in str.split(), in
> order to keep the separator?
> Something like the `keepends` of str.splitlines():
>
>     >>> 'I am\ngoing\nto...'.splitlines(**keepends=True)
>     ['I am\n', 'going\n', 'to...']
>
> For instance:
>
>     >>> 'python3'.split('n')
>     ['pytho', '3']
>     >>> 'python3'.split('n', keepsep=True)
>     ['python', '3']
>
> Regards, Marco
>
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