string.listToArray()

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Copies the elements of a list to an array.

string.listToArray( delimiter=string, includeEmptyFields=boolean, multiCharacterDelimiter=boolean )

Returns: Array

Argument Description
delimiter
string, optional 		edit

Characters that separate list elements.

The default value is comma.

Alias: delimiters
includeEmptyFields
boolean, optional 		edit

if set to true, empty values are included as well
multiCharacterDelimiter
boolean, optional 		edit

specifying whether the delimiters parameter specifies a multi-character delimiter.

The default is false. If this parameter is true, the delimiters parameter must specify a single delimiter consisting of multiple characters.

This parameter enables the ListToArray function to convert a list such as the following to an array of color names: red:|orange:|yellow:|green:|blue:|indigo:|violet.

Examples

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list = "apple,mango-papaya,lemon,,,,grapes,mango-Apple,Mango-apple,mango";
//This is the list value
writeDump(list);
//This is after converting into ListtoArray
writeDump(list.ListtoArray());
writeDump(list.ListtoArray("-",true));
writeDump(list.ListtoArray(",-",false,true));

See also