Function: split()

Splits a string where a separator occurs, returning a list of substrings.

Syntax

split(string, separator)

Note that the separator is expressed as a regular expression. This means that you can use any pattern that can be expressed as a regular expression as a separator. But it also means that you must escape any special characters of regular expressions if you are using these as plain text (e.g. you must use "\\|" to use | as a separator). See examples below.

Examples

split("one,two,three",",")

returns

["one","two","three"]

split("one::two::three","::")

returns

["one","two","three"]

split("one::two::","::")

returns

["one","two",""]

split("::::","::")

returns

["","",""]

split("field1|field2|field3","\\|")

returns

["field1","field2","field3"]

This expression will split the string at any single digit between 0 and 9:

split("some text1more text3final text","[0-9]")

returns

["some text","more text","final text"]

See Also

• Functions