Split Multiline Strings in Python

Introduction

In Python, a multiline string is a string that contains multiple lines of text. Sometimes, it is necessary to split a multiline string into a list of individual lines. This can be useful when you need to process each line separately.

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Split into Lines

Write a function called split_lines(s) that takes a multiline string s as input and returns a list of individual lines. Your function should split the string at each line break (\n) and return a list of the resulting lines.

def split_lines(s):
  return s.split('\n')

split_lines('This\nis a\nmultiline\nstring.\n')
## ['This', 'is a', 'multiline', 'string.' , '']

Summary

To split a multiline string into a list of individual lines in Python, you can use the split() method with the line break character (\n) as the delimiter. This will split the string at each line break and return a list of the resulting lines.

Split Multiline Strings

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Split into Lines

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