splitText:
-- delimiter : The delimiter used to split the text.
-- someText : The text to be split.
--
on splitText(delimiter, someText)
set prevTIDs to AppleScript's text item delimiters
set AppleScript's text item delimiters to delimiter
set output to text items of someText
set AppleScript's text item delimiters to prevTIDs
return output
end splitText
-- Example
splitText(",", "a,b,c,d,e")
explode (similar to the PHP function):
-- delimiter : The delimiter used to split the text.
-- someText : The text to be split.
-- limit : If limit is set, the resulting list will contain a maximum of limit
-- elements with the last element containing the rest of someText.
-- If the limit parameter is negative, all elements except the last
-- -limit are returned.
--
on explode(delimiter, someText, limit)
set limit to limit as integer
set prevTIDs to AppleScript's text item delimiters
set AppleScript's text item delimiters to delimiter
set output to text items of someText
if limit ≤ 0 then
try
if limit < 0 then set output to items 1 thru (limit - 1) of output
on error
set output to {}
end try
else if limit < ((count output) - 1) then
set output to (items 1 thru limit of output) & ¬
("" & items (limit + 1) thru -1 of output)
end if
set AppleScript's text item delimiters to prevTIDs
return output
end explode
-- Example
explode(",", "a,b,c,d,e", 2)
See also:
Join List [Implode]
explode_ignoring
http://brucep.net/code/applescript/split-text