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30<title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">Split Function [Runtime]</title>
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34<created date="2003-10-31T00:00:00">Sun Microsystems, Inc.</created>
35<lastedited date="2005-09-13T09:08:51">converted from old format - fpe</lastedited>
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39<section id="split">
40<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3156027"><bookmark_value>Split function</bookmark_value>
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42<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3156027" xml-lang="en-US" level="1" l10n="U" oldref="1"><link href="text/sbasic/shared/03120314.xhp" name="Split Function [Runtime]">Split Function [Runtime]</link></paragraph>
43<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3155805" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="2">Returns an array of substrings from a string expression.</paragraph>
44</section>
45<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3149177" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="3">Syntax:</paragraph>
46<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153824" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="4">Split (Text As String, delimiter, number)</paragraph>
47<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3149763" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="5">Return value:</paragraph>
48<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154285" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="6">String</paragraph>
49<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3145315" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="7">Parameters:</paragraph>
50<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3156023" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="8">
51<emph>Text:</emph> Any string expression.</paragraph>
52<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3147560" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="CHG" oldref="9">
53<emph>delimiter (optional):</emph> A string of one or more characters length that is used to delimit the Text. The default is the space character.</paragraph>
54<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3145069" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="12">
55<emph>number (optional):</emph> The number of substrings that you want to return.</paragraph>
56<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3150398" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="10">Example:</paragraph>
57<section id="splitjoinex">
58<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3151212" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="11">Dim a(3)</paragraph>
59<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3149204" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="13">Sub main()</paragraph>
60<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3156214" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="14"> a(0) = "ABCDE"</paragraph>
61<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3154217" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="15"> a(1) = 42</paragraph>
62<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3145173" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="16"> a(2) = "MN"</paragraph>
63<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3153104" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="17"> a(3) = "X Y Z"</paragraph>
64<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3154684" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="18"> JStr = Join1()</paragraph>
65<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3153367" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="19"> Call Show(JStr, Split1(JStr))</paragraph>
66<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3145271" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="20"> JStr = Join2()</paragraph>
67<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3155856" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="21"> Call Show(JStr, Split1(JStr))</paragraph>
68<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3159155" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="22"> JStr = Join3()</paragraph>
69<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3155413" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="23"> Call Show(JStr, Split1(JStr))</paragraph>
70<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3153190" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="24">End Sub</paragraph>
71<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3154320" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="25">Function Join1()</paragraph>
72<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3145748" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="26"> Join1 = Join(a(), "abc")</paragraph>
73<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3153142" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="45">End Function</paragraph>
74<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3152462" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="27">Function Join2()</paragraph>
75<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3146119" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="28"> Join2 = Join(a(), ",")</paragraph>
76<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3154790" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="29">End Function</paragraph>
77<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3147125" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="30">Function Join3()</paragraph>
78<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3149377" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="31"> Join3 = Join(a())</paragraph>
79<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3150114" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="32">End Function</paragraph>
80<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3154729" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="33">Function Split1(aStr)</paragraph>
81<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3145646" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="34"> Split1 = Split(aStr, "D")</paragraph>
82<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3154512" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="35">End Function</paragraph>
83<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3149400" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="36">Sub Show(JoinStr, TheArray)</paragraph>
84<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3153948" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="37"> l = LBound(TheArray)</paragraph>
85<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3146969" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="38"> u = UBound(TheArray)</paragraph>
86<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3150752" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="39"> total$ = "=============================" + Chr$(13) + JoinStr + Chr$(13) + Chr$(13)</paragraph>
87<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3148916" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="40"> For i = l To u</paragraph>
88<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3154754" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="41"> total$ = total$ + TheArray(i) + Str(Len(TheArray(i))) + Chr$(13)</paragraph>
89<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3156054" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="42"> Next i</paragraph>
90<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3147338" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="43"> MsgBox total$</paragraph>
91<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3155960" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="44">End Sub</paragraph>
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