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| Name | split() |
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| Examples | String men = "Chernenko,Andropov,Brezhnev"; String[] list = split(men, ','); // list[0] is now "Chernenko", list[1] is "Andropov"... String numbers = "8 67 5 309"; int[] nums = int(split(numbers, ' ')); // nums[0] is now 8, nums[1] is now 67... String men = "Chernenko ] Andropov ] Brezhnev"; String[] list = split(men, " ] "); // list[0] is now "Chernenko", list[1] is "Andropov"... | ||||
| Description |
The split() function breaks a String into pieces using a character or string as the delimiter. The delim parameter specifies the character or characters that mark the boundaries between each piece. A String[] array is returned that contains each of the pieces.
If the result is a set of numbers, you can convert the String[] array to to a float[] or int[] array using the datatype conversion functions int() and float(). (See the second example above.) The splitTokens() function works in a similar fashion, except that it splits using a range of characters instead of a specific character or sequence. |
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| Syntax | split(value, delim) | ||||
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| Returns | String[] |
