split
builtins.split
Primop
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Takes 2 arguments
regex, str
Returns a list composed of non matched strings interleaved with the lists of the extended POSIX regular expression regex matches of str. Each item in the lists of matched sequences is a regex group.
builtins.split "(a)b" "abc"
Evaluates to [ "" [ "a" ] "c" ].
builtins.split "([ac])" "abc"
Evaluates to [ "" [ "a" ] "b" [ "c" ] "" ].
builtins.split "(a)|(c)" "abc"
Evaluates to [ "" [ "a" null ] "b" [ null "c" ] "" ].
builtins.split "([[:upper:]]+)" " FOO "
Evaluates to [ " " [ "FOO" ] " " ].
This function is not defined in a .nix file. It is likely a builtins function or an alias of a builtins function. builtins functions are predefined functions provided by Nix.
Noogle detected
Detected Type
split :: String -> String -> [String]
Implementation
This function is implemented in c++ and is part of the native nix runtime.