Very good explanation, thank you. Am 22.05.2017 um 23:33 schrieb d4t4f...@gmail.com: > Matti > > Your string has 3 substrings when split with SPLIT (STRING, "#"): > > Index 0: "Hello" > Index 1: "" > Index 2: "12345" > > It is documented that separators are single characters, not strings; you can > specify a string because any of its individual characters may be used as > separator. > > If you also specify IgnoreVoids as True, split should omit the null string > and return only: > > Index 0: "Hello" > Index 1: "12345" > > HTH, > zxMarce. > > On May 22, 2017, 18:02, at 18:02, Matti <matti.e...@vodafone.de> wrote: >> Ok, thank you, Tobi. >> I'll have to start thinking again (but not tonight anymore). >> Matti >> >> Am 22.05.2017 um 22:17 schrieb Tobias Boege: >>> On Mon, 22 May 2017, Matti wrote: >>>> If I have a string sStr="hello##12345" and want to split it: >>>> >>>> Dim aSplit as String[] >>>> aSplit = Split(sStr, "##") >>>> Print aSplit[0], aSplit[1] >>>> >>>> Returns always only "hello". Maybe "12345" is excluded because being >> an integer? >>> It is not an integer in this case. It's a string of characters and >> Split() >>> doesn't interpret it as an integer. Consequently it has nothing to do >> with >>> IgnoreVoid in my book. >>> >>> If anything is wrong, it is your use of the separator. According to >> the >>> documentation (and the implementation!), the Separator argument is a >> *list* >>> of separator characters, i.e. "##" will not split against the string >> "##", >>> but it will split against "#" or "#". >>> >>> To give a different example, if you had given the string >> "abc#123,456" and >>> separators "#," you would have gotten the array ["abc", "123", >> "456"]. >>>> Now the Wiki says "StringArray = Split ( String [ , Separators , >> Escape , IgnoreVoid , KeepEscape ] )" >>>> Where "IgnoreVoid" means "a boolean that tells Split() *not* to >> return void elements." >>>> By trial and error I found out that "IgnoreVoid" has to be set to >> 'True' to return "12345". Exactly the opposite. >>>> The Wiki should be corrected here. >>>> >>> I don't know what's the problem with your installation but on mine I >> get: >>> $ gbx3 -e 'Split("hello##12345", "##").Join("|")' >>> hello||12345 >>> >>> i.e. it works. Notice the empty string between "hello" and "12345" >>> in the context of what I explained about the separators above! >>> >>> Regards, >>> Tobi >>> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most >> engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot >> _______________________________________________ >> Gambas-user mailing list >> Gambas-user@lists.sourceforge.net >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gambas-user > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most > engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot > _______________________________________________ > Gambas-user mailing list > Gambas-user@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gambas-user >
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