split
Description
The split() function creates a list from a string. The string is broken up into separate list elements based on the characters in the specified delimiter string. If a delimiter string is not specified, then a string containing space, tab (\t), and newline (\n) is used. If none of the delimiter characters are encountered, then a list that contains one element (that is, the entire string) is returned.
Syntax
result = split (string1[,delimiter[,omit_empty_elements]]);
Arguments
| string1 | Required. The string to separate into list elements. |
| delimiter | Optional. The delimiter string that is used to break the string into separate elements. If delimiter is not specified, then \t\n is used as the delimiter string. |
| omit_empty_elements | Optional. Boolean value that determines whether empty elements of the resulting list are omitted (true) or included (false). If omit_empty_elements is not specified, it defaults to true. |
Return Values
result contains the new list.
UserList = "user1,user2,user3,,user4"; result = split (UserList,",");
In this example, result contains the following list:
{"user1", "user2", "user3", "user4"}
UserList = "user1,user2,user3,,user4"; result = split (UserList,",",false);
In this example, result contains the following list:
{"user1", "user2", "user3", "", "user4"}
