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.TH "Strings.fields" "3kaya" "August 2014" "Kaya" "Kaya module reference"
.SH "NAME"
Strings::fields \- Split a string into fields
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.B [String] fields(
\fIString input, [Char] delimiters, [Char] escape\fP
.B ")"
.SH "ARGUMENTS"
.PP
.B "input"
The input string
.PP
.B "delimiters"
A list of characters that are treated as delimiters
.PP
.B "escape"
Characters that escape the string - i.e. delimiters between two escape characters are treated as literal characters.
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
This function splits a string into fields. For example, to split a CSV file, you could use
\fBfields(input,[',','\\n'],['"']); \fP
 This will treat commas and newlines as field separators, except within quoted strings.
.SH "AUTHORS"
Kaya standard library by Edwin Brady, Chris Morris and others (kaya@kayalang.org). For further information see http://kayalang.org/
.SH LICENSE
The Kaya standard library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License (version 2.1 or any later version) as published by the Free Software Foundation.
.SH "RELATED"
.PD 0
.PP
.B "Regex.split"(3kaya)
.PD 0.4v