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

[B Bruen]

On Sat, 29 Nov 2014 22:22:23 +0100
Tobias Boege <taboege at ...626...> wrote:

> 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
> 
> -- 
> "There's an old saying: Don't change anything... ever!" -- Mr. Monk
> 

Yes, I would like to see an example of before and after as well.

I think I had a need for exactly this the other day. I wanted to split a comma delimited list except where the comma is immediately followed by a space. Will this change help that?

regards
Bruce

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B Bruen <adamnt42 at ...626...>