# Split at paragraph boundaries leaves empty paragraphs before/after

**URL:** <https://discuss.prosemirror.net/t/split-at-paragraph-boundaries-leaves-empty-paragraphs-before-after/2358>\
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**Created:** [November 19, 2019, 2:12pm UTC](https://discuss.prosemirror.net/t/split-at-paragraph-boundaries-leaves-empty-paragraphs-before-after/2358 "2019-11-19T14:12:13Z")\
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**Post date:** [November 19, 2019, 3:17pm UTC](https://discuss.prosemirror.net/t/split-at-paragraph-boundaries-leaves-empty-paragraphs-before-after/2358/4 "2019-11-19T15:17:38Z")

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> [@Javarome](#):
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> Yes I’m using `Transform.split` . I don’t think I could avoid splitting in such edge cases because:
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> - when the position is at the start I still want to split at the end of the selection
> - when the position is at the end I still want to split at the beginning of the selection.

I do not see how this is a problem. Your code can check for these cases and do the appropriate amount of splitting.

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