I want to split a string into an array of strings. As much as it seems trivial I just can't make it work.

This is code I use for splitting:

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auto input = "foo|bar";             // sample input string auto parts = splitter(input, '|');  // split by pipe character
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now, I would think that parts is an array. But it doesn't have .length property! Thus, I have to use walkLength:

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if (walkLength(parts, 2) > 1) {
	writefln("%s, %s", parts[0], parts[1]);
} else {
	writefln("%s", parts[0]);
}
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and problem with missing .length is gone, but now I cannot access those elements using array indexing:

test.d(14): Error: no [] operator overload for type Splitter!(string,char)
test.d(14): Error: no [] operator overload for type Splitter!(string,char)
test.d(16): Error: no [] operator overload for type Splitter!(string,char)

So, parts isn't an array but Splitter!(string,char), aha!
But as much as I've tried I cannot find a way to access elements of
Splitter by index. I've gone trough std.range and std.algorithm but
found nothing useful...

I would really like to use library function for this instead to write my own (foreach and array slicing comes to my mind)...

Aleksandar R.:

> I want to split a string into an array of strings. As much as it seems trivial I just can't make it work.
> 
> This is code I use for splitting:
> 
> -------------------------------------------------
> auto input = "foo|bar";             // sample input string auto parts = splitter(input, '|');  // split by pipe character
> -------------------------------------------------

import std.stdio, std.array;

void main() {
    string input = "foo|bar";
    //auto parts = split(input, '|'); // nope
    string[] parts = split(input, "|");

    if (parts.length > 1)
        writefln("%s, %s", parts[0], parts[1]);
    else
        writefln("%s", parts[0]);
}

Bye,
bearophile

I haven't even looked into std.array... sorry..

So I won't need custom function after all. Thanks!