On Sun, 24 Sep 2006 10:34:31 +0200, Fredrik Lundh wrote:
>> But the split method doesn't accept a value of None for maxsplit, and I
>> don't know what default value I should be using.
>
> def mysplit(S, *args):
> pre_processing()
> result = S.split(*args)
> post_processing(
Steven D'Aprano <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Is it safe for me to pass -1 as the default to maxsplit, meaning
> "unlimited splits"? Should the docs be fixed to mention that?
Frederik gave a simple and practical solution to your immediate
problem, but yes, I think the docs should be fixed after ch
Steven D'Aprano wrote:
> I'm having problems passing a default value to the maxsplit argument of
> str.split. I'm trying to write a function which acts as a wrapper to
> split, something like this:
>
> def mysplit(S, sep=None, maxsplit=None):
> pre_processing()
> result = S.split(sep, max
Steven,
According to the current Python source the default value of
maxsplit=-1. I think you can count on that as I don't think there would
be a reason to change it in the future. If you are really worried about
it then your version of calling a particular version of split should
work.
By the way
