The Python String rsplit() method is a built-in function that splits the string at the specified separator from the right side and returns a list of strings.
Syntax
The Syntax of rsplit()
method is:
str.rsplit(separator, maxsplit)
Parameters
The rsplit()
method takes two parameters, and both are optional.
- separator (optional) – Delimiter after which the string split should happen. If not provided, whitespace is taken as a separator, and the string will split at whitespaces.
- maxsplit (optional) – An integer that tells us the maximum number of times the split should happen. If not provided, the default value is -1, which means there is no limit on the number of splits.
Return Value
The rsplit()
method returns the list of strings after breaking the given string at the separator from the right side
Example 1: How split() method works in Python
If we do not specify maxsplit
argument to rsplit()
method, it behaves exactly like split()
method as shown in the below example.
# splits by whitespace
text = "Python is fun"
print(text.rsplit())
# splits the text after 'is' string
text = "Python is fun"
print(text.rsplit('is'))
# cannot split as the character is not found
text = "Python is fun"
print(text.rsplit('|'))
# splits by comma
fruits ="Apple, Grapes, Orange, Watermelon"
print(fruits.rsplit(','))
Output
['Python', 'is', 'fun']
['Python ', ' fun']
['Python is fun']
['Apple', ' Grapes', ' Orange', ' Watermelon']
Example 2: Python split() method with maxsplit and separator arguments
# splits by whitespace
text = "Python is really fun"
print(text.rsplit(' ', 1))
# splits by comma
fruits = "Apple, Grapes, Orange, Watermelon"
print(fruits.rsplit(',', 0))
# splits by comma
fruits = "Apple, Grapes, Orange, Watermelon"
print(fruits.rsplit(',', 1))
# splits by comma
fruits = "Apple, Grapes, Orange, Watermelon"
print(fruits.rsplit(',', 2))
# splits by comma
fruits = "Apple, Grapes, Orange, Watermelon"
print(fruits.rsplit(',', 3))
Output
['Python is really', 'fun']
['Apple, Grapes, Orange, Watermelon']
['Apple, Grapes, Orange', ' Watermelon']
['Apple, Grapes', ' Orange', ' Watermelon']
['Apple', ' Grapes', ' Orange', ' Watermelon']