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title: strings.split() function
description: >
  `strings.split()` splits a string on a specified separator and returns an array of substrings.
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    identifier: strings/split
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`strings.split()` splits a string on a specified separator and returns an array of substrings.



##### Function type signature

```js
(t: string, v: string) => [string]
```

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## Parameters

### v
({{< req >}})
String value to split.



### t
({{< req >}})
String value that acts as the separator.




## Examples

### Split a string into an array of substrings

```js
import "strings"

strings.split(v: "foo, bar, baz, quz", t: ", ")// Returns ["foo", "bar", "baz", "quz"]


```