split Function

Syntax

v split(string as C, delimiter as C, array as P)

Arguments

stringCharacter: The string to split into multiple substrings.
delimiterCharacter: The character used to split the string. If an empty string ("") is specified, the array contains one entry, the original string.
arrayPointer: The array to populate. Any values in the array will be overwritten.

Description

Splits a character string into an array of substrings.

Discussion

The split() function splits a string into one or more substrings and stores them in an array.

Example

dim str as C = "Life is trying things to see if they work."
dim strArray[0] as C

split(str, " ", strArray)
? strArray
= [1] = "Life"
[2] = "is"
[3] = "trying"
[4] = "things"
[5] = "to"
[6] = "see"
[7] = "if"
[8] = "they"
[9] = "work."

split(str, "i", strArray)
? strArray
= [1] = "L"
[2] = "fe "
[3] = "s try"
[4] = "ng th"
[5] = "ngs to see "
[6] = "f they work."