1split(n)                     Tcl Built-In Commands                    split(n)
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NAME

8       split - Split a string into a proper Tcl list
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SYNOPSIS

11       split string ?splitChars?
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DESCRIPTION

16       Returns a list created by splitting string at each character that is in
17       the splitChars argument.  Each element of the result list will  consist
18       of the characters from string that lie between instances of the charac‐
19       ters in splitChars.  Empty list elements will be  generated  if  string
20       contains  adjacent  characters  in  splitChars, or if the first or last
21       character of string is in splitChars.  If splitChars is an empty string
22       then  each character of string becomes a separate element of the result
23       list.  SplitChars defaults to the standard white-space characters.
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EXAMPLES

26       Divide up a USENET group name into its hierarchical components:
27              split "comp.lang.tcl.announce" .
28                    → comp lang tcl announce
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30       See how the split command splits  on  every  character  in  splitChars,
31       which can result in information loss if you are not careful:
32              split "alpha beta gamma" "temp"
33                    → al {ha b} {} {a ga} {} a
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35       Extract the list words from a string that is not a well-formed list:
36              split "Example with {unbalanced brace character"
37                    → Example with \{unbalanced brace character
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39       Split a string into its constituent characters
40              split "Hello world" {}
41                    → H e l l o { } w o r l d
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43   PARSING RECORD-ORIENTED FILES
44       Parse  a  Unix  /etc/passwd file, which consists of one entry per line,
45       with each line consisting of a colon-separated list of fields:
46              ## Read the file
47              set fid [open /etc/passwd]
48              set content [read $fid]
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51              ## Split into records on newlines
52              set records [split $content "\n"]
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54              ## Iterate over the records
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57                 ## Split into fields on colons
58                 set fields [split $rec ":"]
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60                 ## Assign fields to variables and print some out...
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62                       userName password uid grp longName homeDir shell
63                 puts "$longName uses [file tail $shell] for a login shell"
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SEE ALSO

68       join(n), list(n), string(n)
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KEYWORDS

72       list, split, string
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76Tcl                                                                   split(n)