# tf.compat.v1.flags.WhitespaceSeparatedListParser

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Parser for a whitespace-separated list of strings.

Inherits From: [`BaseListParser`](https://www.tensorflow.org/versions/r2.14/api_docs/python/tf/compat/v1/flags/BaseListParser), [`ArgumentParser`](https://www.tensorflow.org/versions/r2.14/api_docs/python/tf/compat/v1/flags/ArgumentParser)

    tf.compat.v1.flags.WhitespaceSeparatedListParser(
        comma_compat: bool = False
    ) -> None

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| ## Args ||
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| `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. |

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## Methods

### `flag_type`

    flag_type() -> Text

See base class.

### `parse`

    parse(
        argument: Union[Text, List[Text]]
    ) -> List[Text]

Parses argument as whitespace-separated list of strings.

It also parses argument as comma-separated list of strings if requested.

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| Args ||
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| `argument` | string argument passed in the commandline. |

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| Returns ||
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| \[str\], the parsed flag value. ||

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| ## Class Variables ||
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| syntactic_help | `''` |

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