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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.

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