split

splits a string at the given delimiter

Syntax

(token, index) = split[text, by]

Attributes

• text - the text to be split
• by - the delimiter at which to split the text. An empty string will split the text at every character.
• token - the recovered tokens after the split
• index - the indices of the tokens in the original text
  

Description

(token, index) = split[text, by] splits a text into tokens according to the given delimiter, by. Returns token and index of those tokens in the original string.

Examples

Splits a string at every character

search
  (token, index) = split[text: "hello, world", by: ""]
  
bind @browser
  [#div text: "{{token}} {{index}}"]

Split a sentence into words and display them in order

search
  (token, index) = split[text: "the quick brown fox", by: " "]
  
bind @browser
  [#div sort: index, text: token]

See Also

concat | join | char-at | find | length | replace