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| -rw-r--r-- | %HOME%/.bash_utils/text.sh | 18 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/%HOME%/.bash_utils/text.sh b/%HOME%/.bash_utils/text.sh index be197e1..238eb5e 100644 --- a/%HOME%/.bash_utils/text.sh +++ b/%HOME%/.bash_utils/text.sh @@ -227,16 +227,20 @@ str_split() ( fi local str="${args[0]}" - local old_delim="${args[1]}" + local delim="${args[1]}" - local -a xs - local x + if [ "${#delim}" -ne 1 ]; then + echo "${FUNCNAME[0]}: delimiter must be exactly 1 character long" >&2 + return 1 + fi - IFS="$old_delim" read -a xs -r <<< "$str" + local -a xs=() - for x in ${xs[@]+"${xs[@]}"}; do - printf -- "$fmt" "$x" - done + # Thanks to this guy for this trick: + # http://stackoverflow.com/a/24426608/514684 + IFS="$delim" read -a xs -d '' -r < <( printf -- "%s$delim\\0" "$str" ) + + [ "${#xs[@]}" -gt 0 ] && printf -- "$fmt" ${xs[@]+"${xs[@]}"} ) str_join() ( |