# Problem with split.(...)
**URL:** https://discourse.julialang.org/t/problem-with-split/9118
**Category:** General Usage
**Created:** [February 16, 2018, 7:08pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/problem-with-split/9118 "2018-02-16T19:08:32Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author:  [@ko56](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/ko56)
#### Post date: [February 16, 2018, 7:08pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/problem-with-split/9118/1 "2018-02-16T19:08:32Z")
This is Julia 0.6.2.
julia\> P = [“{FRBRTXBLBB3|Gig8”, “0/0/16|TenGig/0/0/16,10G}”, “7/0/1|TenGig/7/0/1,10G,340}”];
julia\> strip.(P, [‘{’,‘}’])
ERROR: DimensionMismatch(“arrays could not be broadcast to a common size”)
Stacktrace:
[1] \_bcs1(::Base.OneTo{Int64}, ::Base.OneTo{Int64}) at ./broadcast.jl:70
[2] \_bcs at ./broadcast.jl:63 [inlined]
[3] broadcast\_shape at ./broadcast.jl:57 [inlined] (repeats 2 times)
[4] broadcast\_indices at ./broadcast.jl:53 [inlined]
[5] broadcast\_c at ./broadcast.jl:313 [inlined]
[6] broadcast(::Function, ::Array{String,1}, ::Array{Char,1}) at ./broadcast.jl:455
julia\>
Am I doing something wrong here?
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### Author:  [@rdeits](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/rdeits)
#### Post date: [February 16, 2018, 7:13pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/problem-with-split/9118/2 "2018-02-16T19:13:36Z")
This is actually exactly the same problem as [Vectorization and passing a matrix as an argument - #2 by rdeits](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/vectorization-and-passing-a-matrix-as-an-argument/9114/2) from earlier today. If you want each element in `P` to receive the entire vector `['{', '}']`, then you can wrap that vector in a one-element tuple (to “scalarize” it):
```julia
julia> P = ["{foo", "bar}", "baz}"]
3-element Array{String,1}:
"{foo"
"bar}"
"baz}"
julia> strip.(P, ['{', '}'])
ERROR: DimensionMismatch("arrays could not be broadcast to a common size")
Stacktrace:
[1] _bcs1(::Base.OneTo{Int64}, ::Base.OneTo{Int64}) at ./broadcast.jl:70
[2] _bcs at ./broadcast.jl:63 [inlined]
[3] broadcast_shape at ./broadcast.jl:57 [inlined] (repeats 2 times)
[4] broadcast_indices at ./broadcast.jl:53 [inlined]
[5] broadcast_c at ./broadcast.jl:313 [inlined]
[6] broadcast(::Function, ::Array{String,1}, ::Array{Char,1}) at ./broadcast.jl:455
julia> strip.(P, (['{', '}'],))
3-element Array{String,1}:
"foo"
"bar"
"baz"
```
Also, please quote your code: [PSA: how to quote code with backticks](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/psa-how-to-quote-code-with-backticks/7530)
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### Author:  [@ko56](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/ko56)
#### Post date: [February 16, 2018, 7:25pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/problem-with-split/9118/3 "2018-02-16T19:25:24Z")
Ah, thanks. A one-element tuple sounds tricky, however.
I ended up solving the problem by using `map(x -> strip(x,['{','}']), P)`.