Python String splitlines() method is used to split the lines at line boundaries. The function returns a list of lines in the string, including the line break(optional).
Syntax:
string.splitlines([keepends])
Parameters:
keepends (optional): When set to True line breaks are included in the resulting list. This can be a number, specifying the position of line break or, can be any Unicode characters, like “\n”, “\r”, “\r\n”, etc as boundaries for strings.
Return Value:
Returns a list of the lines in the string, breaking at line boundaries.
splitlines() splits on the following line boundaries:
|
Representation |
Description |
|---|---|
| \n | Line Feed |
| \r | Carriage Return |
| \r\n | Carriage Return + Line Feed |
| \x1c | File Separator |
| \x1d | Group Separator |
| \x1e | Record Separator |
| \x85 | Next Line (C1 Control Code) |
| \v or \x0b | Line Tabulation |
| \f or \x0c | Form Feed |
| \u2028 | Line Separator |
| \u2029 | Paragraph Separator |
Example 1
Python3
# Python code to illustrate splitlines()string = "Welcome everyone to\rthe world of Geeks\nLazyroar" # No parameters has been passedprint (string.splitlines( )) # A specified number is passedprint (string.splitlines(0)) # True has been passed print (string.splitlines(True)) |
Output:
['Welcome everyone to', 'the world of Geeks', 'Lazyroar'] ['Welcome everyone to', 'the world of Geeks', 'Lazyroar'] ['Welcome everyone to\r', 'the world of Geeks\n', 'Lazyroar']
Example 2
Python3
# Python code to illustrate splitlines()string = "Cat\nBat\nSat\nMat\nXat\nEat" # No parameters has been passedprint (string.splitlines( )) # splitlines() in one lineprint('India\nJapan\nUSA\nUK\nCanada\n'.splitlines()) |
Output:
['Cat', 'Bat', 'Sat', 'Mat', 'Xat', 'Eat'] ['India', 'Japan', 'USA', 'UK', 'Canada']
Example 3: Practical Application
In this code, we will understand how to use the concept of splitlines() to calculate the length of each word in a string.
Python3
# Python code to get length of each wordsdef Cal_len(string): # Using splitlines() divide into a list li = string.splitlines() print (li) # Calculate length of each word l = [len(element) for element in li] return l # Driver Code string = "Welcome\rto\rLazyroar"print(Cal_len(string)) |
Output:
['Welcome', 'to', 'Lazyroar'] [7, 2, 13]
