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Python Dokumentation: erläutertes Beispiel 

re.split(pattern , string [, maxsplit=0 ] )  6

   Split string by the occurrences of pattern. If capturing parentheses

are used in pattern, then the text of all groups in the pattern are

also returned as part of the resulting list. If maxsplit is nonzero,

at most maxsplit splits occur, and the remainder of the string

  is returned as the final element of the list. [...]

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