docs-v2/content/flux/v0/stdlib/regexp/splitregexp.md

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regexp.splitRegexp() function	`regexp.splitRegexp()` splits a string into substrings separated by regular expression matches and returns an array of `i` substrings between matches.	flux_v0_ref name parent identifier regexp.splitRegexp regexp regexp/splitRegexp	101

regexp.splitRegexp() splits a string into substrings separated by regular expression matches and returns an array of i substrings between matches.

Function type signature

(i: int, r: regexp, v: string) => [string]

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Parameters

r

({{< req >}}) Regular expression used to search v.

v

({{< req >}}) String value to be searched.

i

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

-1 returns all matching substrings.

Examples

Return an array of regular expression matches

import "regexp"

regexp.splitRegexp(r: /a*/, v: "abaabaccadaaae", i: -1)// Returns ["", "b", "b", "c", "c", "d", "e"]