Bugs item #1171994, was opened at 2005-03-28 09:49 Message generated for change (Tracker Item Submitted) made by Item Submitter You can respond by visiting: https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=105470&aid=1171994&group_id=5470
Category: Documentation Group: Python 2.4 Status: Open Resolution: None Priority: 5 Submitted By: Wai Yip Tung (tungwaiyip) Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody) Summary: error in documentation for splitting empty string Initial Comment: Below is extracted from http://www.python.org/doc/2.4/ lib/string-methods.html describing the string method split(). ----------------------------------------------------------------------- split([sep [,maxsplit]]) ... Splitting an empty string with a specified separator returns an empty list. If sep is not specified or is None, a different splitting algorithm is applied. ... Splitting an empty string returns "['']". ----------------------------------------------------------------------- The rationale for different treatment of splitting an empty string seems to be discussed in 811604. However the documentation seems to be the opposite of actual result. >>> ''.split(',') [''] >>> ''.split() [] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can respond by visiting: https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=105470&aid=1171994&group_id=5470 _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
