This command is unreliable/broken when it comes to some non-ASCII characters (as of Arma 3 v1.58):
"Mörser" splitString "" // -> ["M"," "," ","r","s","e","r"]
"Mörser" splitString "ö" // -> ["M","rser"]
"Mörser" splitString "ä" // -> ["M"," rser"]
Description
Splits the provided ANSI string into an array of tokens according to given delimiters.
Note
For Unicode support, see forceUnicode.
Syntax
str splitString delimiters
Parameters:
str: String - the string to splitdelimiters: String - one or more characters, each used as a separate delimiter; if empty, str is split by each character
Examples
Example 1
_str = "- This, is a sample string." splitString "-,. "; // ["This","is","a","sample","string"]
_str joinString "#"; // "This#is#a#sample#string"
Example 2
"\A3\ui_f\data\map\vehicleicons\iconLogic_ca.paa" splitString "\."; // ["A3","ui_f","data","map","vehicleicons","iconLogic_ca","paa"]
Example 3
"1:2:3" splitString ":"; // ["1","2","3"]
Example 4
"Japa is the best!" splitString "" joinString " "; // "J a p a i s t h e b e s t !"
Example 5
_cmd = currentMagazineDetail player; // "9mm 16Rnd Mag(13/16)[id/cr:10000011/0]"
_cmd splitString "([ ]/:)"; // ["9mm","16Rnd","Mag","13","16","id","cr","10000011","0"]
Example 6
Remove all \r\n from file:
loadFile "somefile.txt" splitString toString [13,10] joinString " ";
See also
joinString · set · resize · reverse · select · in · find · toArray · forEach · count · deleteAt · deleteRange · append · sort · param · params · arrayIntersect · toString · endl · forceUnicode
Community notes
This commands works only with ASCII chars, any chars with codes > 127, also used in different languages, will be converted to [" ", " "]. Use toArray to preserve special characters:
_spaced = toArray "Mörser" apply {toString [_x]} joinString " "; // M ö r s e r
When working with string which contain linebreaks...
"stringWith" + endl + "Linebreak" splitString ",; ";
/*
result is ["someStringWith
Linebreak"]
*/
...one can remove those by adding endl as delimiter
"stringWith" + endl + "Linebreak" splitString ",; " + endl; // result is ["someStringWith","Linebreak"]