Split Function

 

Returns a zero-based, one-dimensional array containing a specified number of substrings.

Syntax

Split(expression[, delimiter[, count[, compare]]])

Arguments

• expression
  Required. String expression containing substrings and delimiters. If expression is a zero-length string, Split returns an empty array, that is, an array with no elements and no data.

• delimiter
  Optional. String used to identify substring limits. If omitted, the space character (" ") is assumed to be the delimiter. If delimiter is a zero-length string, a single-element array containing the entire expression string is returned.

• count
  Optional. Number of substrings to be returned; -1 indicates that all substrings are returned. If omitted, all substrings are returned.

• compare
  Optional. Numeric value indicating the kind of comparison to use when evaluating substrings. See Settings section for values. If omitted, a binary comparison is performed.

Settings

The compare argument can have the following values:

Constant	Value	Description
vbBinaryCompare	0	Perform a binary comparison.
vbTextCompare	1	Perform a textual comparison.

Remarks

The following example uses the Split function to fill an array from a string that uses "|" as a delimiter.

Dim MyString, MyArray, i
MyString = "VBScript|is|fun!"
MyArray = Split(MyString, "|", -1, 1)
' MyArray(0) contains "VBScript".
' MyArray(1) contains "is".
' MyArray(2) contains "fun!".

For i = 0 to UBound(MyArray)
   MsgBox (MyArray(i))
Next

Requirements

Version 2

Change History

Date	History	Reason
September 2009	Added information about the count and compare arguments.	Customer feedback.
April 2009	Modified description for delimiter argument.	Customer feedback.
March 2009	Modified example.	Information enhancement.

See Also

Join Function