Strings.fields(3kaya)
NAME
Strings::fields - Split a string into fields
SYNOPSIS
[String] fields( String input, [Char] delimiters, [Char] escape )
ARGUMENTS
input The input string
delimiters A list of characters that are treated as delimiters
escape Characters that escape the string - i.e. delimiters between two
escape characters are treated as literal characters.
DESCRIPTION
- This function splits a string into fields. For example, to split a CSV
file, you could use fields(input,[',','\n'],['"']);
- This will treat commas and newlines as field separators, except within
- quoted strings.
AUTHORS
Kaya standard library by Edwin Brady, Chris Morris and others
(kaya@kayalang.org). For further information see http://kayalang.org/
LICENSE
The Kaya standard library is free software; you can redistribute it
and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
License (version 2.1 or any later version) as published by the Free
Software Foundation.
RELATED
- Regex.split (3kaya)