split() \ Language (API) \ Processing 1.0
Author: Casey Reas & Ben Fry
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Name | ### split()
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 divider. 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 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.
Syntax |
    split(str, delim)
Parameters |
str | the String to be split
delim | the character or String used to separate the data
Returns | String[]
Usage | Web & Application
Related | splitTokens() join() trim()

Updated on August 30, 2010 04:29:39pm EDT