EXPLODE()

Purpose

Function to separate a string into the elements of an array

Syntax

EXPLODE(<expC1>, <expC2>)

See Also

AADD(), AAVERAGE(), ACOPY(), ADEL(), ADESC(), ADIR(), AELEMENT(), AFIELDS(), AFILL(), AINS(), ALEN(), AMAX(), AMIN(), APPEND FROM ARRAY, ARRAY(), ASCAN(), ASIZE(), ASORT(), ASTORE(), ASTRING(), ASUBSCRIPT(), ASUM(), COPY TO ARRAY, DECLARE, DIMENSION, GATHER, IMPLODE(), IN_ARRAY(), LOCAL, PRIVATE, PUBLIC, RELEASE, RESTORE, SAVE, SCATTER

Description

The EXPLODE() function returns an array, having separated the string. <expC2>, into individual elements of the array. The character string, <expC1>, is used as the string separator.

Example

menu fields select "+"
aMenu = explode("+", menuitem())
backtostring = implode("+", aMenu)