Splitting lines in a file

[William Park]

Simon Foster <simon at uggs.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> On 7 Jul 2002 22:30:55 GMT, William Park
> <opengeometry at NOSPAM.yahoo.ca> wrote:
> 
>>'1\n2\n3\n'.split() works as follows:
>>    1\n2\n3\n -> 1\n2\n3 -> 1 \n 2 \n 3 -> 1 2 3
>>
>>'1\n2\n3\n'.split('\n') works as follows:
>>    1\n2\n3\n -> 1 \n 2 \n 3 \n -> 1 2 3 ''
>>where the last '\n' separates '3' and '' (null).
> 
> Still seems odd!

Not if you try to go backwards:
    
    1 2 3 -> 1 \n 2 \n 3 -> 1\n2\n3

    1 2 3 '' -> 1 \n 2 \n 3 \n '' -> 1\n2\n3\n

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William Park, Open Geometry Consulting, <opengeometry at yahoo.ca>
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