How to Split a Long String into Lines in Python?

To split a long string into lines in Python, you can use the splitlines() method or the split() method with the '\n' character as the delimiter. Here’s an example using splitlines():

my_string = "This is a long string.\nIt has multiple lines.\nEach line ends with a newline character.\n"

# Split the string into lines
lines = my_string.splitlines()

print(lines)  # Output: ['This is a long string.', 'It has multiple lines.', 'Each line ends with a newline character.']

In this example, we define a string my_string that contains multiple lines separated by newline characters. We use the splitlines() method to split the string into a list of lines, which is stored in the lines variable.

Alternatively, you can use the split() method with the '\n' character as the delimiter:

my_string = "This is a long string.\nIt has multiple lines.\nEach line ends with a newline character.\n"

# Split the string into lines
lines = my_string.split('\n')

print(lines)  # Output: ['This is a long string.', 'It has multiple lines.', 'Each line ends with a newline character.', '']

In this example, we use the split() method with the '\n' character as the delimiter to split the string into a list of lines. Note that this method results in an empty string at the end of the list due to the trailing newline character in my_string.

Either method should work for splitting a long string into lines in Python.