[image] As shown in image (hopefully), split isn’t accepting the third and fourth arguments. Have tinkered around with it for a bit, wondering what’s up and why it won’t work. I’d like to let it delete empty strings (“”). Thanks.

The optional arguments are keyword arguments. split( "something},1", "}"; limit=0, keepempty=true ) In a single line, you could also write one of the following. split("something},1", "}"; limit=0, keepempty=true) split("something},1", "}", limit=0, keepempty=true) All the argumen…

[image] mkitti: split("something},1", "}"; limit=0, keepempty=true) Also, if splitting on a single character, using a Char instead of a String (i.e. '}' instead of "}") for the splitter might improve the speed: split("something},1", '}'; limit=0, keepempty=true)

Split not allowing optional parameters

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stevengj May 28, 2024, 9:37pm 3

PS. Please don’t post screenshots of code. Post quoted code as text: PSA: how to quote code with backticks

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