stringToList

stringToList() Function

• Introduced in version 1.3b48

Converts a string into a string list using a pattern to determine separator between elements. The specified delimiter is used to separate the elements in the Macros:string list if it is specified, otherwise the default value of "," is used. Pattern can be a regular expression.

Usage

stringToList(str, pattern)
stringToList(str, pattern, delim)

Parameters

• str - Variable name of a string to convert.
• pattern - The pattern to split the line by.
• delim - Option delimiter for output. Defaults to ",".

Examples

[stringToList("This is a test", " ")]
[stringToList("1,2,3,4", ",", ":")]

Returns

This,is,a,test
1:2:3:4