# tf.compat.v1.flags.DEFINE_spaceseplist

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Registers a flag whose value is a whitespace-separated list of strings.

    tf.compat.v1.flags.DEFINE_spaceseplist(
        name,
        default,
        help,
        comma_compat=False,
        flag_values=_flagvalues.FLAGS,
        required=False,
        **args
    )

Any whitespace can be used as a separator.

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| ## Args ||
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| `name` | str, the flag name. |
| `default` | list\|str\|None, the default value of the flag. |
| `help` | str, the help message. |
| `comma_compat` | bool - Whether to support comma as an additional separator. If false then only whitespace is supported. This is intended only for backwards compatibility with flags that used to be comma-separated. |
| `flag_values` | :class:`FlagValues`, the FlagValues instance with which the flag will be registered. This should almost never need to be overridden. |
| `required` | bool, is this a required flag. This must be used as a keyword argument. |
| `**args` | Dictionary with extra keyword args that are passed to the `Flag.__init__`. |

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| ## Returns ||
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| a handle to defined flag. ||

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