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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}}} \begin{funcdesc}{split}{pattern, string, \optional{, maxsplit\code{ = 0}}}
Split \var{string} by the occurrences of \var{pattern}. If Split \var{string} by the occurrences of \var{pattern}. If
capturing parentheses are used in pattern, then occurrences of capturing parentheses are used in \var{pattern}, then the text of all
patterns or subpatterns are also returned. groups in the pattern are also returned as part of the resulting list.
If \var{maxsplit} is nonzero, at most \var{maxsplit} splits If \var{maxsplit} is nonzero, at most \var{maxsplit} splits
occur, and the remainder of the string is returned as the final occur, and the remainder of the string is returned as the final
element of the list. (Incompatibility note: in the original Python 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.) later releases.)
% %
\begin{verbatim} \begin{verbatim}
>>> re.split('[\W]+', 'Words, words, words.') >>> re.split('\W+', 'Words, words, words.')
['Words', 'words', 'words', ''] ['Words', 'words', 'words', '']
>>> re.split('([\W]+)', 'Words, words, words.') >>> re.split('(\W+)', 'Words, words, words.')
['Words', ', ', 'words', ', ', 'words', '.', ''] ['Words', ', ', 'words', ', ', 'words', '.', '']
>>> re.split('[\W]+', 'Words, words, words.', 1) >>> re.split('\W+', 'Words, words, words.', 1)
['Words', 'words, words.'] ['Words', 'words, words.']
\end{verbatim} \end{verbatim}
% %