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## Name

split, ec_explode — split a string into a stringlist

## Synopsis

`split` { *`delimiter`* } { *`string`* }

`ec_explode` { *`delimiter`* } { *`string`* }

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## Description

`split` uses its first argument as a delimiter to explode a given string into a stringlist.

For example, to split an IP address into its component octets, we might do something like this:

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```
($a, $b, $c, $d) = split "." "%{spfv1:i}";

ec_log "the IP address is ${a}.${b}.${c}.${d}";
```

split ec explode split a string into a stringlist split delimiter string ec explode delimiter string split uses its first argument as a delimiter to explode a given string into a stringlist For example to split an IP address into its component octets we might do something like this Example...

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