Split document – python

#! /usr/bin/env python
#
#
# This code splits a document into two parts, a header part and a body part.
# The split is done at the first empty line, example:
#
####### Start example document
# This is the header part, this is the header part, this
# is the header part, this is the header part, this is
# the header part
#
# This is the body part, this is the body part, this is
# the body part, this is the body part, this is the body
# part
####### End example document

def splitDocument( documentString ):
    pos = documentString.find('\n\n')
    return (documentString[:pos],documentString[pos+2:])

if __name__ == '__main__':
    demoString = """first line
second line
third line

fifth line
sixth line"""
    print splitDocument( demoString )