[Tutor] just what does read() return?

[Alex Hall]

On 9/30/10, Walter Prins <wprins at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 30 September 2010 23:32, Alex Hall <mehgcap at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> txt=str(self.original).split(r"\n+") #create an array where elements
>>
>
> OK, consider this Python shell session:
>
>>>> s = "line1\nline2"
>>>> s.split()
> ['line1', 'line2']
>>>> s.split(r"\n+")
> ['line1\nline2']
>
> Hmm, so split doesn't like that seperator.
>
> Taking a step back -- It looks like you're trying to specify a regular
> expression as a split string.  A string object's split method doesn't
> support regular expressions.  The split function in the "re" module however
> does.
Ah-ha!!
re.split(r"\n+", self.original)
That did it, and my program once again runs as expected. Thanks!
>
> HTH
Very much.
>
> Walter
>
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