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[merc1286]

Hi, I am trying to use StringSplit to split a string wherever " - " is found (a space, then a dash, then another space). I have tried a number of things, but they either don't work or automatically trim off the spaces and just split on any - whether or not it is surrounded by spaces. I have tried the following:

StringSplit, x_array, x, -
StringSplit, x_array, x, " - "
StringSplit, x_array, x, {Space}-{Space}

But none of them worked. The 3rd one actually seemed to split it at the first occurrence of the letter S.

Any ideas? thanks.

[BoBo¨]

[merc1286]

Hi, thanks for trying, but neither of those worked. The first one delimited it at the first occurrence of a -, even one without any spaces around it, and the other delimited it at the first occurrence of the letter A. Any other thoughts?

Thanks!

[merc1286]

Actually, further investigation has shown me that what it's doing is, even when I have " - " specified as the delimiter, it appears to be treating that as 3 separate delimiters (a space, a dash, and another space), and then searching for the first occurrence of any of those. How can I tell it to search for the entire string?

[Kellianjaxon]