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

Output data type: Array of strings

import "strings"

strings.splitN(v: "a flux of foxes", t: " ", i: 2)

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

Parameters

v

The string value to split.

Data type: String

t

The string value that acts as the separator.

Data type: String

i

The number of substrings to return.

Data type: Integer

Examples

Split a string into an array of substrings

import "strings"

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