`numpy.strings:_split`

Signature

def _split ( a , sep = None , maxsplit = None )

For each element in a, return a list of the words in the string, using sep as the delimiter string.

Calls str.split element-wise.

a : array-like, with ``StringDType``, ``bytes_``, or ``str_`` dtype
sep : str or unicode, optional: If sep is not specified or None, any whitespace string is a separator.
maxsplit : int, optional: If maxsplit is given, at most maxsplit splits are done.

import numpy as np
x = np.array("Numpy is nice!")

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