split_by_string
description
Syntax
ARRAY<STRING> split_by_string(STRING s, STRING separator)
Splits a string into substrings separated by a string. It uses a constant string separator of multiple characters as the separator. If the string separator is empty, it will split the string s into an array of single characters.
Arguments
separator — The separator. Type: String
s — The string to split. Type: String
Returned value(s)
Returns an array of selected substrings. Empty substrings may be selected when:
A non-empty separator occurs at the beginning or end of the string;
There are multiple consecutive separators;
The original string s is empty.
Type: Array(String)
example
select split_by_string('a1b1c1d','1');
+---------------------------------+
| split_by_string('a1b1c1d', '1') |
+---------------------------------+
| ['a', 'b', 'c', 'd'] |
+---------------------------------+
select split_by_string(',,a,b,c,',',');
+----------------------------------+
| split_by_string(',,a,b,c,', ',') |
+----------------------------------+
| ['', '', 'a', 'b', 'c', ''] |
+----------------------------------+
SELECT split_by_string(NULL,',');
+----------------------------+
| split_by_string(NULL, ',') |
+----------------------------+
| NULL |
+----------------------------+
select split_by_string('a,b,c,abcde',',');
+-------------------------------------+
| split_by_string('a,b,c,abcde', ',') |
+-------------------------------------+
| ['a', 'b', 'c', 'abcde'] |
+-------------------------------------+
select split_by_string('1,,2,3,,4,5,,abcde', ',,');
+---------------------------------------------+
| split_by_string('1,,2,3,,4,5,,abcde', ',,') |
+---------------------------------------------+
| ['1', '2,3', '4,5', 'abcde'] |
+---------------------------------------------+
select split_by_string(',,,,',',,');
+-------------------------------+
| split_by_string(',,,,', ',,') |
+-------------------------------+
| ['', '', ''] |
+-------------------------------+
select split_by_string(',,a,,b,,c,,',',,');
+--------------------------------------+
| split_by_string(',,a,,b,,c,,', ',,') |
+--------------------------------------+
| ['', 'a', 'b', 'c', ''] |
+--------------------------------------+keywords
SPLIT_BY_STRING,SPLIT