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SPLIT [esql-split]

Syntax

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Parameters

string
String expression. If null, the function returns null.
delim
Delimiter. Only single byte delimiters are currently supported.

Description

Split a single valued string into multiple strings.

Supported types

string delim result
keyword keyword keyword
keyword text keyword
text keyword keyword
text text keyword

Example

ROW words="foo;bar;baz;qux;quux;corge"
| EVAL word = SPLIT(words, ";")
words:keyword word:keyword
foo;bar;baz;qux;quux;corge [foo,bar,baz,qux,quux,corge]