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ASF GitHub Bot commented on TINKERPOP-3083: ------------------------------------------- kenhuuu commented on code in PR #2741: URL: https://github.com/apache/tinkerpop/pull/2741#discussion_r1727975407 ########## docs/src/dev/provider/gremlin-semantics.asciidoc: ########## @@ -1517,7 +1517,7 @@ link:https://tinkerpop.apache.org/docs/x.y.z/reference/#rTrim-step[reference] *Arguments:* * `separator` - The string character(s) used as delimiter to split the input string. Nullable, a null separator will split on -whitespaces. +whitespaces. An empty separator will split on each character. Review Comment: Minor nit: I think it should probably be "empty string separator" > The split() step should provide a way to split an entire string > --------------------------------------------------------------- > > Key: TINKERPOP-3083 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/TINKERPOP-3083 > Project: TinkerPop > Issue Type: Improvement > Components: language, process > Affects Versions: 3.7.2 > Reporter: Kelvin Lawrence > Priority: Critical > > There are many use cases where it is helpful to be able to split an entire > string into an array of characters. In other query languages, passing in a > null string ('') as the parameter achieves this. I believe the Gremlin step > should behave the same way. For example > Current behavior > {code:java} > g.inject('Hello').split('') > ['Hello']{code} > Proposed new behavior > {code:java} > g.inject('Hello').split('') > ['H','e','l','l','o']{code} -- This message was sent by Atlassian Jira (v8.20.10#820010)