split(n)                     Tcl ( )                     split(n)



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     NAME
          split - Split a string into a proper Tcl list

     SYNOPSIS
          split string ?splitChars?
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     DESCRIPTION
          Returns a list created by splitting string at each character
          that  is  in  the  splitChars argument.  Each element of the
          result list will consist of the characters from string  that
          lie  between  instances  of  the  characters  in splitChars.
          Empty list elements will be  generated  if  string  contains
          adjacent  characters  in splitChars, or if the first or last
          character of string is in splitChars.  If splitChars  is  an
          empty  string  then  each  character  of  string  becomes  a
          separate element of the result list.  SplitChars defaults to
          the standard white-space characters.  For example,

               split "comp.unix.misc" .
          returns "comp unix misc" and

               split "Hello world" {}

          returns "H e l l o { } w o r l d".


     KEYWORDS
          list, split, string























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