Issue 7196: Clarify str.split() behavior (original) (raw)

Issue7196

Created on 2009-10-24 04:33 by ggenellina, last changed 2022-04-11 14:56 by admin. This issue is now closed.

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msg94401 - (view) Author: Gabriel Genellina (ggenellina) Date: 2009-10-24 04:33
Clarify str.split() behavior; see discussion at http:// comments.gmane.org/gmane.comp.python.general/641120
msg99874 - (view) Author: Jack Diederich (jackdied) * (Python committer) Date: 2010-02-22 23:30
I suggest this be closed WONTFIX. The str.split() documentation accurately describes str.split() but doesn't happen to do what the OP wanted which was list(filter(None, '00010001'.split('0'))) Instead split(sep) is the reciprocal of sep.join(), that is txt == sep.join(txt.split(sep))
msg99881 - (view) Author: Raymond Hettinger (rhettinger) * (Python committer) Date: 2010-02-22 23:51
Agreed. Thanks Jack.
History
Date User Action Args
2022-04-11 14:56:54 admin set github: 51445
2010-02-22 23:51:51 rhettinger set status: open -> closedresolution: not a bugmessages: +
2010-02-22 23:30:58 jackdied set nosy: + jackdiedmessages: +
2009-10-24 06:05:19 rhettinger set assignee: georg.brandl -> rhettingernosy: + rhettinger
2009-10-24 04:33:41 ggenellina create