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regexp.splitRegexp() function	The `regexp.splitRegexp()` function splits a string into substrings separated by regular expression matches and returns an array of `i` substrings between matches.	/influxdb/v2.0/reference/flux/functions/regexp/splitregexp/ /influxdb/v2.0/reference/flux/stdlib/regexp/splitregexp/ /influxdb/cloud/reference/flux/stdlib/regexp/splitregexp/	flux_0_x_ref name parent regexp.splitRegexp regexp	301	0.33.7

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

Output data type: Array of Strings

import "regexp"

regexp.splitRegexp(r: /a*/, v: "abaabaccadaaae", i: 5)

// Returns ["", "b", "b", "c", "cadaaae"]

Parameters

r

The regular expression used to search v.

v

The string value to search.

i

The maximum number of substrings to return. -1 returns all matching substrings.