@@ -2092,8 +2092,9 @@ expression support in the :mod:`re` module).
20922092 If *sep * is given, consecutive delimiters are not grouped together and are
20932093 deemed to delimit empty strings (for example, ``'1,,2'.split(',') `` returns
20942094 ``['1', '', '2'] ``). The *sep * argument may consist of multiple characters
2095- (for example, ``'1<>2<>3'.split('<>') `` returns ``['1', '2', '3'] ``).
2096- Splitting an empty string with a specified separator returns ``[''] ``.
2095+ as a single delimiter (to split with multiple delimiters, use
2096+ :func: `re.split `). Splitting an empty string with a specified separator
2097+ returns ``[''] ``.
20972098
20982099 For example::
20992100
@@ -2103,6 +2104,8 @@ expression support in the :mod:`re` module).
21032104 ['1', '2,3']
21042105 >>> '1,2,,3,'.split(',')
21052106 ['1', '2', '', '3', '']
2107+ >>> '1<>2<>3<4'.split('<>')
2108+ ['1', '2', '3<4']
21062109
21072110 If *sep * is not specified or is ``None ``, a different splitting algorithm is
21082111 applied: runs of consecutive whitespace are regarded as a single separator,
@@ -3140,10 +3143,9 @@ produce new objects.
31403143 If *sep * is given, consecutive delimiters are not grouped together and are
31413144 deemed to delimit empty subsequences (for example, ``b'1,,2'.split(b',') ``
31423145 returns ``[b'1', b'', b'2'] ``). The *sep * argument may consist of a
3143- multibyte sequence (for example, ``b'1<>2<>3'.split(b'<>') `` returns
3144- ``[b'1', b'2', b'3'] ``). Splitting an empty sequence with a specified
3145- separator returns ``[b''] `` or ``[bytearray(b'')] `` depending on the type
3146- of object being split. The *sep * argument may be any
3146+ multibyte sequence as a single delimiter. Splitting an empty sequence with
3147+ a specified separator returns ``[b''] `` or ``[bytearray(b'')] `` depending
3148+ on the type of object being split. The *sep * argument may be any
31473149 :term: `bytes-like object `.
31483150
31493151 For example::
@@ -3154,6 +3156,8 @@ produce new objects.
31543156 [b'1', b'2,3']
31553157 >>> b'1,2,,3,'.split(b',')
31563158 [b'1', b'2', b'', b'3', b'']
3159+ >>> b'1<>2<>3<4'.split(b'<>')
3160+ [b'1', b'2', b'3<4']
31573161
31583162 If *sep * is not specified or is ``None ``, a different splitting algorithm
31593163 is applied: runs of consecutive ASCII whitespace are regarded as a single
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