10000 ENH: #9847, adding a "same" and "expand" param to StringMethods.split() by sreejata · Pull Request #9870 · pandas-dev/pandas · GitHub
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ENH: #9847, adding a "same" and "expand" param to StringMethods.split() #9870

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5 changes: 3 additions & 2 deletions pandas/core/strings.py
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Expand Up @@ -624,6 +624,7 @@ def str_pad(arr, width, side='left', fillchar=' '):

def str_split(arr, pat=None, n=None, return_type='series'):
"""
Deprecated: return_types 'series', 'index', 'frame' are now deprecated
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Can you move this comment to the return_type explanation?

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To explain: the first sentence is used in summary tables on the API pages, so this is not what we want to show there.

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

Expand All @@ -632,8 +633,8 @@ def str_split(arr, pat=None, n=None, return_type='series'):
pat : string, default None
String or regular expression to split on. If None, splits on whitespace
n : int, default None (all)
return_type : {'series', 'index', 'frame', 'same', 'expand'}, default 'series'
If frame or expand, returns a DataFrame (elements are strings)
return_type : {'same', 'expand'}, default 'series'
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should be default 'same'

If expand, returns a DataFrame (elements are strings)
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Can you add puntcuation? (so a . at the end of the line) -> when converted to html, the line breaks are not preserved as in raw text here.

Also, can you quote expand (like 'expand'), then it is clearer it is the value you give to the argument.

If series, index or same, returns the same type as the original object
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I would only mention 'same' here (as you did for 'frame')

(elements are lists of strings).

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