split chars

For strings.

Split a string into a list of characters.

Command Type

built-in

Signature

> split chars {flags}

Flags

  • --grapheme-clusters, -g: Split on grapheme clusters.
  • --code-points, -c: Split on code points (default; splits combined characters).

Input/output types:

input output
string list<string>
list<string> list<list<string>>

Examples

Split the string into a list of characters.

> 'hello' | split chars
╭───┬───╮
│ 0 │ h │
│ 1 │ e │
│ 2 │ l │
│ 3 │ l │
│ 4 │ o │
╰───┴───╯

Split on grapheme clusters.

> '🇯🇵ほげ' | split chars --grapheme-clusters
╭───┬────╮
│ 0 │ 🇯🇵 │
│ 1 │ ほ │
│ 2 │ げ │
╰───┴────╯

Split multiple strings into lists of characters.

> ['hello', 'world'] | split chars
╭───┬───────────╮
│ 0 │ ╭───┬───╮ │
│   │ │ 0 │ h │ │
│   │ │ 1 │ e │ │
│   │ │ 2 │ l │ │
│   │ │ 3 │ l │ │
│   │ │ 4 │ o │ │
│   │ ╰───┴───╯ │
│ 1 │ ╭───┬───╮ │
│   │ │ 0 │ w │ │
│   │ │ 1 │ o │ │
│   │ │ 2 │ r │ │
│   │ │ 3 │ l │ │
│   │ │ 4 │ d │ │
│   │ ╰───┴───╯ │
╰───┴───────────╯

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