Python String splitlines() method (original) (raw)

Last Updated : 18 Nov, 2025

The splitlines() method is used to split a string into a list of lines. It separates the string wherever it finds line-break characters such as \n, \r, or \r\n. This method is helpful when working with multi-line text, logs, or any data that needs to be processed line by line.

**Example 1: This example shows how splitlines() separates a multi-line string into individual lines by detecting newline characters.

Python `

s = "Alpha\nBeta\nGamma" res = s.splitlines() print(res)

`

Output

['Alpha', 'Beta', 'Gamma']

**Explanation: s.splitlines() splits the string at each \n and removes the newline characters.

Syntax

string.splitlines(keepends=False)

**Parameters: keepends(optional) - Boolean value.

• **True: keeps newline characters in output.
• **False: removes newline characters (default).

**Example 2: This example uses the keepends=True argument so each returned line includes its newline character.

Python `

s = "Line1\nLine2\nLine3\n" res = s.splitlines(keepends=True) print(res)

`

Output

['Line1\n', 'Line2\n', 'Line3\n']

**Explanation: splitlines(keepends=True) keeps \n at the end of each list element.

**Example 3: This example demonstrates how splitlines() behaves when the string contains blank lines it returns empty strings for those positions.

Python `

s = "One\n\nTwo\n\nThree" res = s.splitlines() print(res)

`

Output

['One', '', 'Two', '', 'Three']

**Explanation: Blank lines between newline characters become empty strings ('') in the result.