docs-v2/content/flux/v0.x/stdlib/strings/split.md

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strings.split() function	The strings.split() function splits a string on a specified separator and returns an array of substrings.	/influxdb/v2.0/reference/flux/functions/strings/split/ /influxdb/v2.0/reference/flux/stdlib/strings/split/ /influxdb/cloud/reference/flux/stdlib/strings/split/	flux_0_x_ref name parent strings.split strings	301	/flux/v0.x/stdlib/strings/splitafter /flux/v0.x/stdlib/strings/splitaftern /flux/v0.x/stdlib/strings/splitn	0.18.0

The strings.split() function splits a string on a specified separator and returns an array of substrings.

Output data type: Array of strings

import "strings"

strings.split(v: "a flux of foxes", t: " ")

// returns ["a", "flux", "of", "foxes"]

Parameters

v

The string value to split.

t

The string value that acts as the separator.

Examples

Split a string into an array of substrings

import "strings"

data
    |> map (fn:(r) => strings.split(v: r.searchTags, t: ","))