gh-106318: Add examples for str.partition() method (GH-142823)

adorilson · miss-islington · commit 95e2ea36d394 · 2026-02-08T22:11:32.000Z
(cherry picked from commit 432ddd9) Co-authored-by: Adorilson Bezerra <adorilson@gmail.com>
diff --git a/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst b/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst
@@ -2472,6 +2472,19 @@ expression support in the :mod:`re` module).
    after the separator.  If the separator is not found, return a 3-tuple containing
    the string itself, followed by two empty strings.
 
+   For example:
+
+   .. doctest::
+
+      >>> 'Monty Python'.partition(' ')
+      ('Monty', ' ', 'Python')
+      >>> "Monty Python's Flying Circus".partition(' ')
+      ('Monty', ' ', "Python's Flying Circus")
+      >>> 'Monty Python'.partition('-')
+      ('Monty Python', '', '')
+
+   See also :meth:`rpartition`.
+
 
 .. method:: str.removeprefix(prefix, /)
 
