code: def split_line(self):
          
          # coordinate of the # symbol or end of the line (-1) if not found
          hash_or_end = self.line.find("#")
          temp = self.line[self.region_end:hash_or_end].strip(" |")
          self.coord_str = regex_paren.sub("", temp)
  
          # don't want any meta_str if there is no metadata found
          if hash_or_end >= 0:
              self.meta_str = self.line[hash_or_end:]
          else:
              self.meta_str = ""
docs: Split line into coordinates and meta string