| purpose | returns each item in the list split into separate strings according to the specified separator S; duplicates are not removed |
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| input | a selection of titles |
| parameter | S=The substring at which to split each title |
| output | the input titles split into separate items according to the specified separator S |
Learn more about how to use Filters
Introduced in v5.1.20
Note that in some circumstances the split operator will include blank items in the list of results. For example,
[[the band thethe are the best the]split[the]]The following results are returned:
["", " band ", "", " are ", " best ", ""]Where it might be expected that the results would be:
[" band ", " are ", " best "]The blank items mark the boundaries between matches. If they are not required they can be removed with the blank category of the is Operator: [[the band thethe are the best the]split[the]!is[blank]].
The reason that the blank items can be useful is that they allow search and replace operations to be constructed from a combination of the split Operator or splitregexp Operator and the join Operator. For example:
[[the band thethe are the best the]split[the]join[every]]