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strings.splitAfterN() function

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strings.splitAfterN() splits a string after a specified separator and returns an array of i substrings. Split substrings include the separator, t.

Function type signature
js
(i: int, t: string, v: string) => [string]

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Parameters

v

({{< req >}}) String value to split.

t

({{< req >}}) String value that acts as the separator.

i

({{< req >}}) Maximum number of split substrings to return.

-1 returns all matching substrings. The last substring is the unsplit remainder.

Examples

Split a string into an array of substrings

js
import "strings"

strings.splitAfterN(v: "foo, bar, baz, quz", t: ", ", i: 3)// Returns ["foo, ", "bar, ", "baz, quz"]