Split String

[Tess]

Hi, 

I hope someone may be able to help with this as I'm going crazy.

I'm looking to split a 5 word sentence into an array of strings. I'd normally have used the split string function but this does not seem to be supported in E-Prime 2. Is there an equivalent function I could use?

Take the following sentence as an example  - It was a dark night

 

I’d like to enter the sentence as an attribute value in a list and then make an array of strings using a split strings function

Kind Regards

Tess

[McFarlane, David]

Tess,

You might try the Word$() or Item$() functions, depending on the
complexity of your word delimiters, see those topics in the E-Basic Help
facility. Note, e.g., that Word$() delimits based on any
nonalphanumeric characters, so "doesn't" becomes "doesn" and "t", while
"1st" stays as "1st".

I typically find Word$() & Item$() just a bit too restrictive and end up
resorting to the more primitive Mid$() and InStr() functions along with
looping structures to handle finer grained text parsing. Sometimes I go
to the extra measure of packaging that into a custom function in the
global User Script area, which I then call from my inline code.

-- David McFarlane

[Tess]

Many thanks for your prompt reply David, I'll have a look into your suggestions. 

Tess