rpartition()

The rpartition() method in Python is a string method that splits a string into three parts based on a specified separator. It starts from the end of the string and searches for the last occurrence of the separator. It returns a tuple containing the part before the separator, the separator itself, and the part after the separator.

Parameter Values

Parameter Description
sep

The separator to look for in the string. The string is partitioned around the last occurrence of this parameter.

Return Values

The rpartition() method returns a tuple of three elements: two strs and the separator.

How to Use rpartition() in Python

Example 1:

The rpartition() method searches for a specified separator and splits the string into a 3-tuple of substrings. The search starts from the end of the string.

text = 'Hello, world!' 
result = text.rpartition(', ') 
print(result)
Example 2:

If the separator is not found in the string, the method returns a 3-tuple where the first two elements are empty strings, and the last element is the original string.

text = 'Python programming' 
result = text.rpartition(':') 
print(result)
Example 3:

The rpartition() method is useful for splitting a string into prefix, separator, and suffix based on the last occurrence of the separator.

url = 'https://www.example.com/index.html' 
result = url.rpartition('/') 
print(result)

String Methods