split

Splits a string at into parts based on in-string separators.

Syntax

• split(s, sep)

  • s is a string

  • sep is a string

• split(s, L)

  • s is a string

  • L is a list of strings

Description

split(s, sep) splits the string s at each occurrence of the sequence sep and returns the parts (in order) in a list; the separating sequence is not included in the output strings.

split(s, L) splits the string s at each occurrence of any of the sequences in L and returns the parts (in order) in a list; the separating sequences are not included in the output strings.

Examples

split("526,42,147,632,563,012", ",")

526
42
147
632
563
012

split("526,42,147;632,563,012", '(",", ";"))

526
42
147
632
563
012

See also

• join