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Clarify wording in the description of re.split 

Simplify the patterns in the examples for re.split
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Andrew M. Kuchling 1998-08-14 14:49:20 +00:00
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@ -387,8 +387,8 @@ leftmost such \character{\#} through the end of the line are ignored.
\begin{funcdesc}{split}{pattern, string, \optional{, maxsplit\code{ = 0}}}
Split \var{string} by the occurrences of \var{pattern}. If
capturing parentheses are used in pattern, then occurrences of
patterns or subpatterns are also returned.
capturing parentheses are used in \var{pattern}, then the text of all
groups in the pattern are also returned as part of the resulting list.
If \var{maxsplit} is nonzero, at most \var{maxsplit} splits
occur, and the remainder of the string is returned as the final
element of the list. (Incompatibility note: in the original Python
@ -396,11 +396,11 @@ leftmost such \character{\#} through the end of the line are ignored.
later releases.)
%
\begin{verbatim}
>>> re.split('[\W]+', 'Words, words, words.')
>>> re.split('\W+', 'Words, words, words.')
['Words', 'words', 'words', '']
>>> re.split('([\W]+)', 'Words, words, words.')
>>> re.split('(\W+)', 'Words, words, words.')
['Words', ', ', 'words', ', ', 'words', '.', '']
>>> re.split('[\W]+', 'Words, words, words.', 1)
>>> re.split('\W+', 'Words, words, words.', 1)
['Words', 'words, words.']
\end{verbatim}
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