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



##### Function type signature

```js
(i: int, 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.



### i
({{< req >}})
Maximum number of split substrings to return.

`-1` returns all matching substrings.
The last substring is the unsplit remainder.


## Examples

### Split a string into an array of substrings

```js
import "strings"

strings.splitN(v: "foo, bar, baz, quz", t: ", ", i: 3)// Returns ["foo", "bar", "baz, quz"]


```