splits occur, and the remainder of the string is returned as the final element
of the list. ::
- >>> re.split('\W+', 'Words, words, words.')
+ >>> re.split(r'\W+', 'Words, words, words.')
['Words', 'words', 'words', '']
- >>> re.split('(\W+)', 'Words, words, words.')
+ >>> re.split(r'(\W+)', 'Words, words, words.')
['Words', ', ', 'words', ', ', 'words', '.', '']
- >>> re.split('\W+', 'Words, words, words.', 1)
+ >>> re.split(r'\W+', 'Words, words, words.', 1)
['Words', 'words, words.']
>>> re.split('[a-f]+', '0a3B9', flags=re.IGNORECASE)
['0', '3', '9']
the string, the result will start with an empty string. The same holds for
the end of the string::
- >>> re.split('(\W+)', '...words, words...')
+ >>> re.split(r'(\W+)', '...words, words...')
['', '...', 'words', ', ', 'words', '...', '']
That way, separator components are always found at the same relative