NAME

       Strings::fields - Split a string into fields

SYNOPSIS

       [String] fields( String input, [Char] delimiters, [Char] escape )

ARGUMENTS

       input The input string

       delimiters A list of characters that are treated as delimiters

       escape  Characters  that escape the string - i.e. delimiters between two escape characters are treated as
       literal characters.

DESCRIPTION

       This function  splits  a  string  into  fields.  For  example,  to  split  a  CSV  file,  you  could  use
       fields(input,[',','\n'],['"']);
        This will treat commas and newlines as field separators, except within quoted strings.

AUTHORS

       Kaya  standard  library  by  Edwin  Brady,  Chris  Morris  and  others  (kaya@kayalang.org).  For further
       information see http://kayalang.org/

LICENSE

       The Kaya standard library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the  terms  of
       the  GNU  Lesser  General  Public  License  (version  2.1  or any later version) as published by the Free
       Software Foundation.

RELATED

       Regex.split (3kaya)

Kaya                                                July 2013                              Strings.fields(3kaya)