[Gambas-user] New behaviour for the Split() instruction

[Tobias Boege]

On Sat, 29 Nov 2014, Beno??t Minisini wrote:
> I'm currently a new behaviour for the Split() instruction, that is 
> normally backward-compatible.
> 
> 	Split("abcd",";","\\;")
> 
> splits the "abcd" string with the ";" character, and uses the backslash 
> character for escaping it.
> 
> This behaviour is enabled when the escape string (the third argument) 
> has two characters, and its second character is the same as the first 
> splitting character (the second argument). Then the first character of 
> the escape string is the escape character (usually a backslash).
> 
> What do you think about that?
> 

I have not found any use of a two-character escape string in my collective
projects. Therefore, no objection. (Although I don't really understand what
the change means. Do you have an example of what Split() gives before and
after your change, in a case where they're different?)

Regards,
Tobi

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