split_text() — langchain Function Reference

Architecture documentation for the split_text() function in base.py from the langchain codebase.

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  01cef059_4479_0a04_53ff_2c366fd5c5bf["split_text()"]
  c86e37d5_f962_cc1e_9821_b665e1359ae8["TextSplitter"]
  01cef059_4479_0a04_53ff_2c366fd5c5bf -->|defined in| c86e37d5_f962_cc1e_9821_b665e1359ae8
  a4cdf08b_5d25_7d6b_a425_7a96372e8666["create_documents()"]
  a4cdf08b_5d25_7d6b_a425_7a96372e8666 -->|calls| 01cef059_4479_0a04_53ff_2c366fd5c5bf
  b20de6d0_e7f4_4423_1863_b2f88e0d3c76["split_text()"]
  b20de6d0_e7f4_4423_1863_b2f88e0d3c76 -->|calls| 01cef059_4479_0a04_53ff_2c366fd5c5bf
  b20de6d0_e7f4_4423_1863_b2f88e0d3c76["split_text()"]
  01cef059_4479_0a04_53ff_2c366fd5c5bf -->|calls| b20de6d0_e7f4_4423_1863_b2f88e0d3c76
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Source Code

libs/text-splitters/langchain_text_splitters/base.py lines 93–101

    def split_text(self, text: str) -> list[str]:
        """Split text into multiple components.

        Args:
            text: The text to split.

        Returns:
            A list of text chunks.
        """