Python String splitlines() Method

The splitlines() method splits a string at line boundaries (such as \n, \r, or \n\r) and returns a list of lines (as substrings) in the string.

Syntax

string.splitline(keepends)

Parameter

keepends (Optional): If True, line breaks are included in the resulting list. Default is False.

Return Value

Returns a list of lines (as substrings) in the list.

Examples

Without Keeping Line Breaks

text = "Python\nis\nawesome"
lines = text.splitlines()
print(lines) # Output: ['Python', 'is', 'awesome']

Keeping Line Breaks

If you want to keep line breaks in the resulting list, you can set the keepends parameter to True.

text = "Python\nis\nawesome"
lines = text.splitlines(True)
print(lines) # Output: ['Python\n', 'is\n', 'awesome']

Multi-Line String

text = """Python
is
awesome"""
lines = text.splitlines()
print(lines) # Output: ['Python', 'is', 'awesome']

Line Boundaries

The splitlines() method splits at the following line boundaries:

Escape Sequence	Name
\n	Line Feed
\r	Carriage Return
\r\n	Carriage Return + Line Feed
\v or \x0b	Line Tabulation
\f or \x0c	Form Feed
\x1c	File Separator
x1d	Group Separator
x1e	Record Separator
\x85	Next Line (C1 Control Code)
\u2028	Line Separator
\u2029	Paragraph Separator