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langchain_recursive_character_text_splitter_document_chunking.py

python

This quickstart demonstrates how to use the RecursiveCharacterT

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langchain_recursive_character_text_splitter_document_chunking.py
1# %pip install -qU langchain-text-splitters
2
3from langchain_text_splitters import RecursiveCharacterTextSplitter
4
5# Load a long document
6with open("state_of_the_union.txt") as f:
7    state_of_the_union = f.read()
8
9text_splitter = RecursiveCharacterTextSplitter(
10    # Set a really small chunk size, just to show.
11    chunk_size=100,
12    chunk_overlap=20,
13    length_function=len,
14    is_separator_regex=False,
15)
16
17texts = text_splitter.create_documents([state_of_the_union])
18print(texts[0])
19print(texts[1])
20
21# Alternatively, to get just the strings:
22# text_splitter.split_text(state_of_the_union)[:2]