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# pandas.core.strings.StringMethods.split

`StringMethods.``split`(pat=None, n=-1)

  Split each string (a la re.split) in array by given pattern, propagating NA values

  Parameters : | pat : string, default None String or regular expression to split on. If None, splits on whitespace n : int, default None (all)
  Returns : | split : array

  Notes

  Both 0 and -1 will be interpreted as return all splits

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