SYNOPSIS string *explode(string str, string del) DESCRIPTION Return an array of strings, created when the string str is split into substrings as divided by del. implode(explode(str, del), del) == str is always true. EXAMPLES function returns ------------------------------------------------------------------- explode(" ab cd ef ", " ") ({ "", "ab", "cd", "ef", "" }) explode("abc", "abc") ({ "", "" }) explode("", "") ({}) explode("abc", "xyz") ({ "abc" }) explode("abc", "") ({ "a", "b", "c" }) HISTORY Date of change is unknown. explode(" ab cd ef ", " ") formerly returned ({ "ab", "cd", "ef" }) instead of ({ "", "ab", "cd", "ef", "" }), i. e. the empty strings were ignored. The new behaviour is more consistent, because now implode(explode(str, del), del) == str is always true. SEE ALSO sscanf(E), extract(E), implode(E), regexplode(E)