Split a string into an array of strings based on a delimiter

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I m trying to find a Delphi function that will split an input string into an array of strings based on a delimiter  I ve found a lot on Google  but all seem to have their own issues and I haven t been able to get any of them to work   I just need to split a string like    word doc txt docx  into an array based on      The result would be    word    doc txt docx     Does anyone have a function that they know works   Thank you

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Similar to the Explode   function offered by Mef  but with a couple of differences  one of which I consider a bug fix      type     TArrayOfString   array of String      function SplitString const aSeparator  aString  String  aMax  Integer   0   TArrayOfString    var     i  strt  cnt  Integer      sepLen  Integer       procedure AddString aEnd  Integer   -1       var       endPos  Integer      begin       if  aEnd   -1  then         endPos    i       else         endPos    aEnd   1         if  strt  lt  endPos  then         result cnt     Copy aString  strt  endPos - strt        else         result cnt                Inc cnt       end     begin     if  aString       or  aMax  lt  0  then     begin       SetLength result  0         EXIT      end       if  aSeparator       then     begin       SetLength result  1         result 0     aString        EXIT      end       sepLen    Length aSeparator       SetLength result   Length aString  div sepLen    1        i        1      strt     i      cnt      0      while  i  lt    Length aString - sepLen   1   do     begin       if  aString i    aSeparator 1   then         if  Copy aString  i  sepLen    aSeparator  then         begin           AddString             if  cnt   aMax  then           begin             SetLength result  cnt               EXIT            end             Inc i  sepLen - 1             strt    i   1          end         Inc i       end       AddString Length aString         SetLength result  cnt     end    Differences    aMax parameter limits the number of strings to be returned If the input string is terminated by a separator then a nominal  empty  final string is deemed to exist   Examples   SplitString       abc   returns           result 0     abc  SplitString       a b c    returns        result 0     a                                           result 1     b                                           result 2     c                                           result 3      lt empty string gt   SplitString       a b c    2  returns     result 0     a                                           result 1     b   It is the trailing separator and notional  empty final element  that I consider the bug fix   I also incorporated the memory allocation change I suggested  with refinement  I mistakenly suggested the input string might at most contain 50  separators  but it could conceivably of course consist of 100  separator strings  yielding an array of empty elements

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I always use something similar to this   Uses    StrUtils  Classes   Var   Str  Delimiter   String  begin      Str is the input string  Delimiter is the delimiter   With TStringList Create Do   try     Text    ReplaceText S Delim  13 10           From here on and until  finally   your desired result strings are        in strings 0    strings Count-1     finally     Free    Clean everything up  and liberate your memory  -    end   end

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This will solve your problem  interface    TArrayStr   Array Of string   implementation  function SplitString Text  String   TArrayStr  var    intIdx  Integer     intIdxOutput  Integer  const    Delimiter        begin    intIdxOutput    0     SetLength Result  1      Result 0              for intIdx    1 to Length Text  do    begin       if Text intIdx    Delimiter then       begin          intIdxOutput    intIdxOutput   1           SetLength Result  Length Result    1         end       else          Result intIdxOutput     Result intIdxOutput    Text intIdx      end  end

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Basic functionality of a TStringList solves this    uses Classes    TStringList       types      TStringDynArray      SysUtils   StringReplace                   --------------------------------------------------------------------------  function  SplitString const s string  const delimiter Char  TStringDynArray    var sl TStringList        i integer    begin   sl  TStringList Create       separete delimited items by sLineBreak TStringlist will do the job    sl Text  StringReplace s delimiter sLineBreak  rfReplaceAll         return the splitted string as an array    setlength Result sl count     for i  0 to sl Count-1    do Result i   sl i      sl Free    end       To split a FileName  last item will be the pure filename itselfs     function  SplitPath const fn TFileName  TStringDynArray    begin   result   SplitString fn         end

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For delphi 2010  you need to create your own split function    function Split const Texto  Delimitador  string   TStringArray  var   i  integer    Len  integer    PosStart  integer    PosDel  integer    TempText string  begin   i    0    SetLength Result  1     Len    Length Delimitador     PosStart    1    PosDel    Pos Delimitador  Texto     TempText    Texto    while PosDel  gt  0 do     begin       Result i     Copy TempText  PosStart  PosDel - PosStart         PosStart    PosDel   Len        TempText  Copy TempText  PosStart  Length TempText          PosDel    Pos Delimitador  TempText         PosStart    1        inc i         SetLength Result  i   1       end    Result i     Copy TempText  PosStart  Length TempText    end    You can refer to it as such  type   TStringArray   array of string  var Temp2 TStringArray  Temp1  hello world   Temp2 Split Temp1

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I wrote this function which returns linked list of separated strings by specific delimiter  Pure free pascal without modules   Program split f   type     PTItem    TItem      TItem   record         str   string          next   PTItem      end   var     s   string      strs   PTItem   procedure split str   string delim   char var list   PTItem   var     i   integer      buff   PTItem  begin     new list       buff   list      buff  str          buff  next  nil       for i  1 to length str  do begin         if  str i    delim  then begin             new buff  next               buff  buff  next              buff  str                    buff  next    nil          end         else         buff  str   buff  str str i       end  end   procedure print var list PTItem   var     buff   PTItem  begin     buff    list      while buff lt  gt nil do begin         writeln buff  str           buff   buff  next      end  end   begin      s     Hi how are you         split s       strs       print strs     end

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There is no need for engineering a Split function  It already exists  see  Classes ExtractStrings   Use it in a following manner   program Project1     APPTYPE CONSOLE   uses   Classes   var   List  TStrings  begin   List    TStringList Create    try     ExtractStrings            PChar  word doc txt docx    List       WriteLn List Text       ReadLn    finally     List Free    end  end    And to answer the question fully  List represents the desired array with the elements   List 0     word  List 1     doc txt docx

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interface  uses   Classes   type   TStringArray   array of string     TUtilStr   class     class function Split const AValue  string  const ADelimiter  Char        const AQuoteChar  Char         TStringArray  static    end    implementation    TUtilStr    class function TUtilStr Split const AValue  string  const ADelimiter  Char  const AQuoteChar  Char   TStringArray  var   LSplited  TStringList    LText  string    LIndex  Integer  begin   LSplited    TStringList Create    try     LSplited StrictDelimiter    True      LSplited Delimiter    ADelimiter      LSplited QuoteChar    AQuoteChar      LSplited DelimitedText    AValue       SetLength Result  LSplited Count       for LIndex    0 to LSplited Count - 1 do     begin       Result LIndex     LSplited LIndex       end    finally     LSplited Free    end  end   end

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Here is an implementation of an explode function which is available in many other programming languages as a standard function   type    TStringDynArray   array of String   function Explode const Separator  S  string  Limit  Integer   0   TStringDynArray   var    SepLen  Integer     F  P  PChar     ALen  Index  Integer   begin    SetLength Result  0      if  S       or  Limit  lt  0  then Exit     if Separator      then    begin      SetLength Result  1        Result 0     S       Exit     end     SepLen    Length Separator      ALen    Limit     SetLength Result  ALen       Index    0     P    PChar S      while P   lt  gt   0 do    begin      F    P       P    AnsiStrPos P  PChar Separator         if  P   nil  or   Limit  gt  0  and  Index   Limit - 1   then P    StrEnd F        if Index  gt   ALen then      begin        Inc ALen  5          SetLength Result  ALen        end       SetString Result Index   F  P - F        Inc Index        if P   lt  gt   0 then Inc P  SepLen      end     if Index  lt  ALen then SetLength Result  Index    end     Sample usage   var   res  TStringDynArray  begin   res    Explode      yourString

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you can use the TStrings DelimitedText property for split an string  check this sample  program Project28     APPTYPE CONSOLE   uses   Classes    SysUtils   procedure Split Delimiter  Char  Str  string  ListOfStrings  TStrings    begin    ListOfStrings Clear     ListOfStrings Delimiter          Delimiter     ListOfStrings StrictDelimiter    True     Requires D2006 or newer     ListOfStrings DelimitedText      Str  end    var    OutPutList  TStringList  begin    OutPutList    TStringList Create     try      Split       word doc txt docx   OutPutList         Writeln OutPutList Text        Readln     finally      OutPutList Free     end  end    UPDATE  See this link for an explanation of StrictDelimiter

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Explode is very high speed function  source alhoritm get from TStrings component  I use next test for explode  Explode 134217733 bytes of data  i get 19173962 elements  time of work  2984 ms   Implode is very low speed function  but i write it easy                                                                                         Explode Implode  String  lt  gt  String array                                                                                                                            function Explode S  String  Delimiter  Char   Strings  overload  var I  C  Integer  P  P1  PChar  begin     SetLength Result  0       if Length S    0 then Exit      P  PChar S Delimiter   C  0      while P   lt  gt   0 do begin        P1  P         while  P   lt  gt  Delimiter  do P  CharNext P          Inc C          while P  in   1       do P  CharNext P          if P    Delimiter then begin           repeat            P  CharNext P             until not  P  in   1                end      end      SetLength Result  C       P  PChar S Delimiter   I  -1      while P   lt  gt   0 do begin        P1  P         while  P   lt  gt  Delimiter  do P  CharNext P          Inc I   SetString Result I   P1  P-P1          while P  in   1       do P  CharNext P          if P    Delimiter then begin           repeat            P  CharNext P             until not  P  in   1                end      end  end   function Explode S  String  Delimiter  Char  Index  Integer   String  overload  var I  Integer  P  P1  PChar  begin     if Length S    0 then Exit      P  PChar S Delimiter   I  1      while P   lt  gt   0 do begin        P1  P         while  P   lt  gt  Delimiter  do P  CharNext P           SetString Result  P1  P-P1           if  I  lt  gt  Index  then Inc I  else begin            SetString Result  P1  P-P1   Exit          end         while P  in   1       do P  CharNext P          if P    Delimiter then begin           repeat            P  CharNext P             until not  P  in   1                end      end  end   function Implode S  Strings  Delimiter  Char   String  var iCount  Integer  begin      Result           if  Length S    0  then Exit       for iCount  0 to Length S -1 do      Result  Result S iCount  Delimiter       System Delete Result  Length Result   1   end

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procedure SplitCSV S STRING out SL TStringList   var c commatext string    a b up integer  begin    c  s Replace       lt SPACE gt         curate spaces       first ocurrence of      a  pos     c      b  pos     c a 1      if  a gt 0  and  b gt 0  then    begin      commatext  commatext copy c 0 a-1        commatext  commatext copy c a b-a 1  Replace       lt COMMA gt         curate commas      up  b 1     end    else      commatext  c        while continue discovering      while  a gt 0  and  b gt 0  do    begin      a  Pos     c b 1        b  pos     c a 1        if  a gt 0  and  b gt 0  then      begin        commatext  commatext copy c up a-up          commatext  commatext copy c a b-a 1  Replace       lt COMMA gt       curate commas        up  b 1       end     end       last piece of text end      if up lt c Length then      commatext  commatext copy c up c Length-up 1         split text using CommaText    sl CommaText  commatext      sl Text  sl Text Replace   lt COMMA gt             curate commas    sl Text  sl Text Replace   lt SPACE gt             curate spaces end

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You can make your own function which returns TArray of string   function mySplit input  string   TArray lt string gt   var   delimiterSet  array  0    0  of char           split works with char array  not a single char begin   delimiterSet 0       amp       some character   result    input Split delimiterSet   end

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My favourite function for splitting   procedure splitString delim  char  s  string  ListOfStrings  TStrings   var temp  string      i  integer  begin    ListOfStrings Clear     for i  1 to length s  do     begin       if s i    delim then         begin           ListOfStrings add temp             temp                end       else         begin           temp    temp   s i             if i length s  then              ListOfStrings add temp           end      end      ListOfStrings add temp   end

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var       su    string            What we want split     si    TStringList       Result of splitting     Delimiter   string              Delimiter             si Text    ReplaceStr su  Delimiter   13 10     Lines in si list will contain splitted strings

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You can use StrUtils SplitString   function SplitString const S  Delimiters  string   TStringDynArray    Its description from the documentation      Splits a string into different parts delimited by the specified   delimiter characters       SplitString splits a string into different parts delimited by the specified delimiter characters  S is the string to be split    Delimiters is a string containing the characters defined as delimiters       SplitString returns an array of strings of type System Types TStringDynArray that contains the split parts of the   original string

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The base of NGLG answer https   stackoverflow com a 8811242 6619626 you can use the following function   type OurArrayStr array of string   function SplitString DelimeterChars char Str string  OurArrayStr  var seg  TStringList  i integer  ret OurArrayStr  begin     seg    TStringList Create      ExtractStrings  DelimeterChars      PChar Str   seg       for i  0 to seg Count-1 do     begin          SetLength ret length ret  1            ret length ret -1   seg Strings i       end      SplitString  ret      seg Free  end    It works in all Delphi versions

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Using the SysUtils TStringHelper Split function  introduced in Delphi XE3   var   MyString  String    Splitted  TArray lt String gt   begin   MyString     word doc txt docx     Splitted    MyString Split         end    This will split a string with a given delimiter into an array of strings

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Jedi Code Library provides an enhanced StringList with built-in Split function  that is capable of both adding and replacing the existing text  It also provides reference-counted interface  So this can be used even with older Delphi versions that have no SplitStrings and without careful and a bit tedious customizations of stock TStringList to only use specified delimiters   For example given text file of lines like Dog 5 4 7 one can parse them using   var slF  slR  IJclStringList  ai  TList lt integer gt   s  string  i  integer      action  procedure const Name  string  Const Data  array of integer    slF    TJclStringList Create  slF LoadFromFile  some txt    slR    TJclStringList Create  for s in slF do begin     slR Split s       true       ai    TList lt Integer gt  Create      try        for i    1 to slR Count - 1 do            ai Add StrToInt slR i            action slR 0   ai ToArray       finally ai Free  end  end     http   wiki delphi-jedi org wiki JCL Help IJclStringList Split string string Boolean

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