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# numpy.core.defchararray.partition

`numpy.core.defchararray.``partition`(a, sep)

  Partition each element in a around sep.

  Calls str.partition element-wise.

  For each element in a, split the element as the first occurrence of sep, and return 3 strings containing the part before the separator, the separator itself, and the part after the separator. If the separator is not found, return 3 strings containing the string itself, followed by two empty strings.

  Parameters : | a : array_like, {str, unicode} Input array sep : {str, unicode} Separator to split each string element in a.
  Returns : | out : ndarray, {str, unicode} Output array of str or unicode, depending on input type. The output array will have an extra dimension with 3 elements per input element.

  See also

  `str.partition`