Strings::fields(3) Split a string into fields

SYNOPSIS

[String] fields( String input, [Char] delimiters, [Char] escape )

ARGUMENTS

input The input string

delimiters A list of characters that are treated as delimiters

escape Characters that escape the string - i.e. delimiters between two escape characters are treated as literal characters.

DESCRIPTION

This function splits a string into fields. For example, to split a CSV file, you could use fields(input,[',','\n'],['"']);
 This will treat commas and newlines as field separators, except within quoted strings.

AUTHORS

Kaya standard library by Edwin Brady, Chris Morris and others ([email protected]). For further information see http://kayalang.org/

LICENSE

The Kaya standard library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License (version 2.1 or any later version) as published by the Free Software Foundation.

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