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Python string Method - partition()

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The partition() method is a built-in string method in Python that returns a tuple containing three parts of the original string: the part before the first occurrence of a specified separator, the separator itself, and the part after the separator.

The syntax for using partition() method is as follows:

string.partition(separator)

Here, string is the original string, and separator is the substring to search for in the string.

The method returns a tuple containing three strings:

  • the part of the original string before the separator
  • the separator itself
  • the part of the original string after the separator

If the separator is not found in the original string, the method returns a tuple containing the original string and two empty strings.

Here's an example of using the partition() method:

string = "Hello, World!"
partition_tuple = string.partition(", ")
print(partition_tuple)

Output:

('Hello', ', ', 'World!')

In the example above, the partition() method was used to split the original string into three parts based on the separator ", ". The resulting tuple contains the parts of the original string before and after the separator, as well as the separator itself.