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Splitting a Text Using a Pattern
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| · | Type the pattern in the Pattern Edit Box and set any relevant compile options as described in Compiling a Pattern
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| · | Type the text you want to be split the Text To Grep Edit Box
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| · | Set any appropriate Search Options
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| · | Check INCLUDE SEPARATORS if you want the matched separators to also be included in the token list
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| · | Press the Split Button
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| 1. | If capture groups are present in the pattern, the captured groups are included in the token list
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| (ex: see what it happens if you use the following pattern ([^[:alnum:]]+)
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| 2. If a string is split at the first or the last position an empty string is included in the token list. We can see that in the screen shot: given the string 'green.' the pattern [^[:alnum:]]+ matches the last dot and therefore splits the string into the two tokens 'green' and ''
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