Michele Petrazzo wrote: > I don't understand why split (string split) doesn't work with the same > method if I can't pass values or if I pass a whitespace value: > > >>> "".split() > [] > >>> "".split(" ") > [''] > > But into the doc I see: > """ If sep is not specified or is None, any whitespace string is a > separator. > """ > > In this two cases, split would to return the _same_ result?
split(None) strips the string before splitting it (on runs of whitespace, not on individual whitespace characters). see the library reference for a complete description: http://docs.python.org/lib/string-methods.html </F> -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list