From: Raymond Hettinger <python@rcn.com>
Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2005 04:29:44 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: Correct swapped descriptions of empty string splits.
X-Git-Tag: v2.5a0~1812
X-Git-Url: https://granicus.if.org/sourcecode?a=commitdiff_plain;h=87bd3fe2663783a1b3d41f301514db57e9d78801;p=python

Correct swapped descriptions of empty string splits.
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diff --git a/Doc/lib/libstdtypes.tex b/Doc/lib/libstdtypes.tex
index 03bccd9495..fd5861428d 100644
--- a/Doc/lib/libstdtypes.tex
+++ b/Doc/lib/libstdtypes.tex
@@ -764,7 +764,7 @@ deemed to delimit empty strings (for example, \samp{'1,,2'.split(',')}
 returns \samp{['1', '', '2']}).  The \var{sep} argument may consist of
 multiple characters (for example, \samp{'1, 2, 3'.split(', ')} returns
 \samp{['1', '2', '3']}).  Splitting an empty string with a specified
-separator returns an empty list.
+separator returns \samp{['']}.
 
 If \var{sep} is not specified or is \code{None}, a different splitting
 algorithm is applied.  First, whitespace characters (spaces, tabs,
@@ -773,7 +773,7 @@ words are separated by arbitrary length strings of whitespace
 characters. Consecutive whitespace delimiters are treated as a single
 delimiter (\samp{'1  2  3'.split()} returns \samp{['1', '2', '3']}).
 Splitting an empty string or a string consisting of just whitespace
-will return \samp{['']}.
+returns an empty list.
 \end{methoddesc}
 
 \begin{methoddesc}[string]{splitlines}{\optional{keepends}}