code: def split_text(text, separators=re.compile('\s'), brackets=None, strip=False):
      
      if not isinstance(separators, PATTERN_TYPE):
          separators = re.compile(
              '[{0}]'.format(''.join('\{0}'.format(c) for c in separators)))
  
      return nfilter(
          s.strip() if strip else s for s in
          separators.split(strip_brackets(text, brackets=brackets)))
docs: Split text along the separators unless they appear within brackets.
  
      :param separators: An iterable single characters or a compiled regex pattern.
      :param brackets: `dict` mapping start tokens to end tokens of what is to be \
      recognized as brackets.
  
      .. note:: This function will also strip content within brackets.