length power wrote: > x='name,sex,birthday\n\nx1,male,1948/05/28\n\nx2,female,1952/03/27 > \n\nx3,female,1994/12/09' > x.replace("\n\n","\n").splitlines() > > is there more simple way to replace `x.replace("\n\n","\n").splitlines()` > ? One alternative that ignores all empty lines is [line for line in x.splitlines() if line]