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# numpy.core.defchararray.splitlines

`numpy.core.defchararray.``splitlines`(a, keepends=None)

  For each element in a, return a list of the lines in the element, breaking at line boundaries.

  Calls str.splitlines element-wise.

  Parameters: | a : array_like of str or unicode keepends : bool, optional Line breaks are not included in the resulting list unless keepends is given and true.
  Returns: | out : ndarray Array of list objects

  See also

  `str.splitlines`