newstr = split (str) divides each element of str at whitespace characters and returns the pieces as a string array. The whitespace characters are the space, tab, newline, carriage return, form feed, and vertical tab.

newstr = split (str, delimiter) divides each element at the substrings specified by delimiter, which can be a string array, a character vector, or a cell array of character vectors. When delimiter contains several substrings they are all used; at a given position the substrings are tried in order and the first that matches is taken. Delimiters are not collapsed, so consecutive delimiters yield empty strings in newstr.

The pieces of each element are laid out along a new dimension. For a string scalar that splits into n pieces, newstr is nx1; for an Mx1 column it is Mxn; for a 1xM row it is 1xMxn; and in general the pieces extend the first trailing singleton dimension. Every element of str must split into the same number of pieces. Missing values in str are preserved and count as a single piece.

newstr = split (str, delimiter, dim) lays the pieces out along dimension dim, which must be a dimension along which str has size 1.

[newstr, match] = split (…) also returns the delimiters matched between the pieces. match has the same layout as newstr but with one fewer element along the split dimension.

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