Microsoft® Visual Basic® Scripting Edition
Split Function
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Description
Returns a zero-based, one-dimensional array containing a specified number of substrings.
Syntax
Split(expression[, delimiter[, count[, compare]]])

The Split function syntax has these parts:

Part Description
expression Required. String expression containing substrings and delimiters. If expression is a zero-length string, Split returns an empty array, that is, an array with no elements and no data.
delimiter Optional. String character used to identify substring limits. If omitted, the space character (" ") is assumed to be the delimiter. If delimiter is a zero-length string, a single-element array containing the entire expression string is returned.
count Optional. Number of substrings to be returned; -1 indicates that all substrings are returned.
compare Optional. Numeric value indicating the kind of comparison to use when evaluating substrings. See Settings section for values.

Settings
The compare argument can have the following values:

Constant Value Description
vbBinaryCompare 0 Perform a binary comparison.
vbTextCompare 1 Perform a textual comparison.

Remarks
The following example uses the Split function to return an array from a string. The function performs a textual comparison of the delimiter, and returns all of the substrings.
Dim MyString, MyArray
MyString = Split("VBScriptXisXfun!", "x", -1, 1)
' MyString(0) contains "VBScript".
' MyString(1) contains "is".
' MyString(2) contains "fun!".