FUNCTION:  Split( )
Split(Expression, Delimiter, Count, Compare)
 
The Split function separates a string into substrings and creates a one-dimensional array where each substring is an element.
 
There is one mandatory argument.
 
Expression
 
The Expression argument is a string expression.
 
Code:
<% mystring = "How now brown cow?" %>
<% myarray = Split(mystring) %>
<% =myarray(0) %>
<% =myarray(1) %>
<% =myarray(2) %>
<% =myarray(3) %>
 
Output:
How
now
brown
cow?
 
There are three optional arguments.
 
Delimiter
 
The optional Delimiter argument specifies the characters (including blanks) you wish to use to separate the expression. The default is a single empty space, " ".
 
Code:
<% mystring = "How now brown cow?" %>
<% myarray = Split(mystring, "ow") %>
<% =myarray(0) %>
<% =myarray(1) %>
<% =myarray(2) %>
<% =myarray(3) %>
<% =myarray(4) %>
 
Output:
H
n
br
n c
?
 
Count
 
The optional Count argument specifies the number of elements to return.
 
Code:
<% mystring = "How now brown cow?" %>
<% myarray = Split(mystring, " ", 2) %>
<% =myarray(0) %>
<% =myarray(1) %>
 
Output:
How
now brown cow?
 
Compare
 
The optional Compare argument must only use the constant or value of the COMPARISON CONSTANTS.
 
CONSTANT VALUE DESCRIPTION
VBBinaryCompare 0 Binary comparison
VBTextCompare 1 Text Comparison
VBDataBaseCompare 2 Compare information inside database

 
In the example, by using VBTextCompare for the Compare argument, the split occurs at the b and ignores the upper case difference between the Delimiter argument "B".
 
Code:
<% mystring = "How now brown cow?" %>
<% myarray = Split(mystring, "B", 2, 1) %>
<% =myarray(0) %>
<% =myarray(1) %>
 
Output:
How now
rown cow?
 
Code:
<% mystring = "How now brown cow?" %>
<% myarray = Split(mystring, "B", 2, VBTextCompare) %>
<% =myarray(0) %>
<% =myarray(1) %>
 
Output:
How now
rown cow?

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