Python String splitlines() Method

Last Updated : 2 Jan 2026

Python splitlines() method splits the string based on the lines. It breaks the string at line boundaries and returns a list of splitted strings. Line breakers can be a new line (\n), carriage return (\r) etc. A table of line breakers are given below which split the string.

This method splits on the given line boundaries.

Signature of the splitlines() Method

It has the following syntax:

Parameters

• keepends: It is a boolean value which can be either True or False. It is optional.

Return

It returns a comma separated list of lines.

Different Examples for Python String splitlines() Method

Let's see some examples of splitlines() method to understand it's functionality.

Example 1

Let us take an example to demonstrate the String splitlines() method in Python.

Output:

Java is a programming language
['Java is a programming language']
['Java ', ' is a programming ', ' language']

Example 2

Passing True to the method which causes to include line breakers into the list of string. See the example below.

Output:

['Java \n', ' is a programming \r', ' language']

Example 3

Let us take an example to demonstrate the String splitlines() method in Python.

Output:

['Java ', ' is a programming ', ' language for ', '  software development']
Java  is a programming  language for   software development