Split method

[dcarbone]

Is it possible to split up a string based on spaces
ie. x = split(y," &quot

 

[palbano]

Yes in javascript.

var wordArray = "This is my sentence".split(" ");

-pete

 

[Veep]

Yes. Actually you don't need to add " " the delimiter for spaces. It's the default.

 

[palbano]

Yes, however actually putting it in there makes better, self documented, code... even if it is just script!

-pete

 

[dcarbone]

ok...it doensnt seem to work in asp. if i use the javascript, then the variable cant be accessed by my asp code

 

[Veep]

Yeah I know...I always put it in there anyway (can't help it). ;-)

 

[Veep]

vbScript:

myVariable="These are some words"
myArray=split(myVariable," ")
for i = 0 to ubound(myArray)
   response.write myArray(i) & &quot;<br>&quot;
Next

 

[palbano]

Yeah, they hide that information in the documentation

<script language=&quot;javascript&quot; runat=&quot;server&quot;>
// server side javascript goes in here
</script>

or at the top of the page
<%@ language=&quot;javascript&quot; %>
then
<%
// javascript goes here
%>

Or if you are using VBScript there is probably a parallel technique I just don’t know it, and don’t want to

-pete

 

[Veep]

 

[dcarbone]

ok, the code that i'm trying to split comes from a textarea input box from a form...for some reason, the code will not split it up...maybe i should split based on a different character? carrage return?

 

[Veep]

Yes. That would be vbcrlf.

 

[dcarbone]

AWESOME...thanks for your help !!!

 

[Veep]

Disregard that.

 

[palbano]

Yeah… you certainly need to know what characters are in the string you are trying to parse to be successful at authoring code to parse it. Good point… I agree



-pete