docs-v2/content/flux/v0/stdlib/strings/splitn.md

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strings.splitN() function	`strings.splitN()` splits a string on a specified separator and returns an array of `i` substrings.	flux_v0_ref name parent identifier strings.splitN strings strings/splitN	101

strings.splitN() splits a string on a specified separator and returns an array of i substrings.

Function type signature

(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

import "strings"

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