langchain/text_splitter.py/RecursiveCharacterTextSplitter/_split_text
class RecursiveCharacterTextSplitter:    def _split_text(self, text: str, separators: List[str]) -> List[str]:
        """Split incoming text and return chunks."""
        final_chunks = []
        # Get appropriate separator to use
        separator = separators[-1]
        new_separators = None
        for i, _s in enumerate(separators):
            if _s == "":
                separator = _s
                break
            if _s in text:
                separator = _s
                new_separators = separators[i + 1 :]
                break

        splits = _split_text(text, separator, self._keep_separator)
        # Now go merging things, recursively splitting longer texts.
        _good_splits = []
        _separator = "" if self._keep_separator else separator
        for s in splits:
            if self._length_function(s) < self._chunk_size:
                _good_splits.append(s)
            else:
                if _good_splits:
                    merged_text = self._merge_splits(_good_splits, _separator)
                    final_chunks.extend(merged_text)
                    _good_splits = []
                if new_separators is None:
                    final_chunks.append(s)
                else:
                    other_info = self._split_text(s, new_separators)
                    final_chunks.extend(other_info)
        if _good_splits:
            merged_text = self._merge_splits(_good_splits, _separator)
            final_chunks.extend(merged_text)
        return final_chunks