Python String partition()

The syntax of partition() is:

 string.partition(separator)

partition() Parameters()

The partition() method takes a string parameter separator that separates the string at the first occurrence of it.

Return Value from partition()

The partition method returns a 3-tuple containing:

• the part before the separator, separator parameter, and the part after the separator if the separator parameter is found in the string
• the string itself and two empty strings if the separator parameter is not found

Example: How partition() works?

 string = "Python is fun" # 'is' separator is found print(string.partition('is ')) # 'not' separator is not found print(string.partition('not ')) string = "Python is fun, isn't it" # splits at first occurence of 'is' print(string.partition('is'))

Output

 ('Python ', 'is ', 'fun') ('Python is fun', '', '') ('Python ', 'is', " fun, isn't it")

Also Read:

• Python String rpartition()
• Python String split()