Return a new string in which all case-based characters are in lower case.
This function does not generate an event.
str.split([separator], [limit])
| Argument | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| separator | str/regex (optional) | The string used to split the original string. If omitted, white-space will be used as separator. Instead of a string, a regular expression may be used as well, see regular expression. |
| limit | int (optional) | Split at most limit times. If this value is negative, splitting starts from the end of the string. If omitted, no limit is used. |
If separator is a regular expression with capturing parentheses, then each time separator matches, the results of the capturing parentheses are added into the output list.
Returns a new list with substrings.
Example using split() without arguments:
'How are you doing?'.split();
Return value in JSON format
[
"How",
"are",
"you",
"doing?"
]
Example using split() with a limit:
'This is a test'.split(1);
Return value in JSON format
[
"This",
"is a test"
]
Example using split() with a negative limit:
'This is a test'.split(-1);
Return value in JSON format
[
"This is a",
"test"
]
Example using split() with a separator:
'title,subject,body'.split(',');
Return value in JSON format
[
"title",
"subject",
"body"
]
Example using split() with a regular expression:
'Found 143 songs of 3 minutes and 45 seconds.'.split(/\d+/);
Return value in JSON format
[
"Found ",
" songs of ",
" minutes and ",
" seconds."
]
Example using split() with a regular expression and capture groups:
'Found 143 songs of 3 minutes and 45 seconds.'.split(/\s*(\d+)\s*/);
Return value in JSON format
[
"Found",
"143",
"songs of",
"3",
"minutes and",
"45",
"seconds."
]