split() Operation

Syntax	`set splittedStringArray = aString.split(regExpPattern)` `set splittedStringArray = split(LITERAL, regExpPattern)`
Semantics	Returns an array of strings. Wherever the pattern matches, the string will be split. The string fragments are stored in array `splittedStringArray`. The state of the current string is not changed. Note the following behavior of regular expressions: If pattern expression `regExpPattern` contains capturing parentheses, the captured data will also be saved in the destination array, together with the fields themselves (see also the examples below and the ICU User Guide > Regular Expressions > Using split()).
Substitutables	`aString`	Can be any variable or object attribute having the type String.
	`regExpPattern`	Regular expression (see Regular Expressions for a list of valid regular expressions). An introduction into regular expressions can be found at Regular-Expressions.info.
	`LITERAL`	String literal.
Examples	CODE `set splittedStringArray = s1.split("\S+");`

Some Examples

Assume we have a string containing a list of customers in a string string:

"Spring Corp., Summer Ltd.; Autumn & Co., Winter & Partners"

Assuming that the split character is either the "," or the ";", you can split this string with the following results:

Regular Expression	Result splittedStringArray
`set splittedStringArray = string.split("(,\|;)");`	JSON `[ "Spring Corp.", ",", "Summer Ltd.", ";", "Autumn & Co.", ",", "Winter & Partners" ]`
`set splittedStringArray = string.split(",\|;");`	JSON `[ "Spring Corp.", "Summer Ltd.", "Autumn & Co.", "Winter & Partners" ]`