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# numpy.core.defchararray.split

`numpy.core.defchararray.``split`(a, sep=None, maxsplit=None)

  For each element in a, return a list of the words in the string, using sep as the delimiter string.

  Calls str.rsplit element-wise.

  Parameters: | a : array_like of str or unicode sep : str or unicode, optional If sep is not specified or None, any whitespace string is a separator. maxsplit : int, optional If maxsplit is given, at most maxsplit splits are done.
  Returns: | out : ndarray Array of list objects

  See also

  `str.split`, `rsplit`