MarkdownTextSplitter Class — langchain Architecture

Architecture documentation for the MarkdownTextSplitter class in markdown.py from the langchain codebase.

Class python

Entity Profile

Dependency Diagram

graph TD
  ef3d008b_dbd2_c6e4_dd39_611b433a29b0["MarkdownTextSplitter"]
  22d8d30b_9b36_1532_bb1c_4c9aa03a4bb8["RecursiveCharacterTextSplitter"]
  ef3d008b_dbd2_c6e4_dd39_611b433a29b0 -->|extends| 22d8d30b_9b36_1532_bb1c_4c9aa03a4bb8
  06b29b39_6256_6eec_e45e_4ff2a6e60f25["markdown.py"]
  ef3d008b_dbd2_c6e4_dd39_611b433a29b0 -->|defined in| 06b29b39_6256_6eec_e45e_4ff2a6e60f25
  63ab7a83_de3d_083c_2782_8fcb57fa79be["__init__()"]
  ef3d008b_dbd2_c6e4_dd39_611b433a29b0 -->|method| 63ab7a83_de3d_083c_2782_8fcb57fa79be

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Source Code

libs/text-splitters/langchain_text_splitters/markdown.py lines 14–20

class MarkdownTextSplitter(RecursiveCharacterTextSplitter):
    """Attempts to split the text along Markdown-formatted headings."""

    def __init__(self, **kwargs: Any) -> None:
        """Initialize a `MarkdownTextSplitter`."""
        separators = self.get_separators_for_language(Language.MARKDOWN)
        super().__init__(separators=separators, **kwargs)