Python String rpartition()

The syntax of rpartition() is:

 string.rpartition(separator)

rpartition() Parameters()

rpartition() method takes a string parameter separator that separates the string at the last occurrence of it.

Return Value from rpartition()

rpartition() 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
• two empty strings, followed by the string itself if the separator parameter is not found

Example: How rpartition() works?

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

Output

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

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