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Marc-Andre Lemburg: the maxsplit argument for split() and replace() 

now defaults to -1, not to 0.  Passing an explicit zero doesn't split
or replace at all.
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Guido van Rossum 2000-03-10 23:22:10 +00:00
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@ -97,13 +97,13 @@ def rstrip(s):
# Split a string into a list of space/tab-separated words
# NB: split(s) is NOT the same as splitfields(s, ' ')!
def split(s, sep=None, maxsplit=0):
def split(s, sep=None, maxsplit=-1):
"""split(s [,sep [,maxsplit]]) -> list of strings
Return a list of the words in the string s, using sep as the
delimiter string. If maxsplit is nonzero, splits into at most
delimiter string. If maxsplit is given, splits into at most
maxsplit words. If sep is not specified, any whitespace string
is a separator. Maxsplit defaults to 0.
is a separator.
(split and splitfields are synonymous)
@ -396,7 +396,7 @@ def maketrans(fromstr, tostr):
return joinfields(L, "")
# Substring replacement (global)
def replace(s, old, new, maxsplit=0):
def replace(s, old, new, maxsplit=-1):
"""replace (str, old, new[, maxsplit]) -> string
Return a copy of string str with all occurrences of substring