numpy string operations | split() function Last Updated : 25 Nov, 2019 Comments Improve Suggest changes Like Article Like Report numpy.core.defchararray.split(arr, sep=None, maxsplit=None) is another function for doing string operations in numpy.It returns a list of the words in the string, using sep as the delimiter string for each element in arr. Parameters: arr : array_like of str or unicode.Input array. sep : [ str or unicode, optional] specifies the separator to use when splitting the string. maxsplit : how many maximum splits to do. Returns : [ndarray] Output Array containing of list objects. Code #1 : Python3 # Python program explaining # numpy.char.split() method # importing numpy import numpy as geek # input array in_arr = geek.array(['geeks for geeks']) print ("Input array : ", in_arr) # output array out_arr = geek.char.split(in_arr) print ("Output splitted array: ", out_arr) Output: Input array : ['geeks for geeks'] Output splitted array: [['geeks', 'for', 'geeks']] Code #2 : Python3 # Python program explaining # numpy.char.split() method # importing numpy import numpy as geek # input array in_arr = geek.array(['Num-py', 'Py-th-on', 'Pan-das']) print ("Input array : ", in_arr) # output array out_arr = geek.char.split(in_arr, sep ='-') print ("Output splitted array: ", out_arr) Output: Input array : ['Num-py' 'Py-th-on' 'Pan-das'] Output splitted array: [['Num', 'py'] ['Py', 'th', 'on'] ['Pan', 'das']] Code #3 : Python3 # Python program explaining # numpy.char.split() method # importing numpy import numpy as geek # input array in_arr = geek.array(['Num-py', 'Py-th-on', 'Pan-das']) print ("Input array : ", in_arr) # output array when maximum splitting # of every array element is 1 out_arr = geek.char.split(in_arr, sep ='-', maxsplit = 1) print ("Output splitted array: ", out_arr) Output: Input array : ['Num-py' 'Py-th-on' 'Pan-das'] Output splitted array: [['Num', 'py'] ['Py', 'th-on'] ['Pan', 'das']] Comment More infoAdvertise with us Next Article Company Preparation J jana_sayantan Follow Improve Article Tags : Python Python-numpy Python numpy-String Operation Practice Tags : python Similar Reads Interview PreparationInterview Preparation For Software DevelopersMust Coding Questions - Company-wise Must Do Coding Questions - Topic-wiseCompany-wise Practice ProblemsCompany PreparationCompetitive ProgrammingSoftware Design-PatternsCompany-wise Interview ExperienceExperienced - Interview ExperiencesInternship - Interview ExperiencesPractice @GeeksforgeeksProblem of the DayTopic-wise PracticeDifficulty Level - SchoolDifficulty Level - BasicDifficulty Level - EasyDifficulty Level - MediumDifficulty Level - HardLeaderboard !!Explore More...Data StructuresArraysLinked ListStackQueueBinary TreeBinary Search TreeHeapHashingGraphAdvance Data StructuresMatrixStringAll Data StructuresAlgorithmsAnalysis of AlgorithmsSearching AlgorithmsSorting AlgorithmsPattern SearchingGeometric AlgorithmsMathematical AlgorithmsRandomized AlgorithmsGreedy AlgorithmsDynamic ProgrammingDivide & ConquerBacktrackingBranch & BoundAll AlgorithmsProgramming LanguagesCC++JavaPythonC#Go LangSQLPHPScalaPerlKotlinWeb TechnologiesHTMLCSSJavaScriptBootstrapTailwind CSSAngularJSReactJSjQueryNodeJSPHPWeb DesignWeb BrowserFile FormatsComputer Science SubjectsOperating SystemsDBMSComputer NetworkComputer Organization & ArchitectureTOCCompiler DesignDigital Elec. & Logic DesignSoftware EngineeringEngineering MathematicsData Science & MLComplete Data Science CourseData Science TutorialMachine Learning TutorialDeep Learning TutorialNLP TutorialMachine Learning ProjectsData Analysis TutorialTutorial LibraryPython TutorialDjango TutorialPandas TutorialKivy TutorialTkinter TutorialOpenCV TutorialSelenium TutorialGATE CSGATE CS NotesGate CornerPrevious Year GATE PapersLast Minute Notes (LMNs)Important Topic For GATE CSGATE CoursePrevious Year Paper: CS exams Like