Python 3 reference · String Methods

Python String splitlines() Method

Split the string into a list of lines at line boundaries (\n, \r\n and others), without the line endings.

Syntax

str.splitlines(keepends=False)

Parameter	Description
`keepends` optional	Keep the line-ending characters. Default: `False`

A list of lines.

Split into linesTry it yourself

text = "first\nsecond\r\nthird"
print(text.splitlines())
print(text.splitlines(keepends=True))

Output

['first', 'second', 'third']
['first\n', 'second\r\n', 'third']

No empty last item, unlike split('\\n')Try it yourself

print("a\nb\n".splitlines(), "a\nb\n".split("\n"))

Output

['a', 'b'] ['a', 'b', '']

Version	Change
Python 3.0	Added

str.split() · Split the string into a list of substrings at a separator. With no separator it splits on any whitespace.
str.join() · Join the strings of an iterable into one string, with this string as the separator between them.
Python Strings · tutorial