8.7 Converting strings into lists
You can convert a string into a list with the split command.
The syntax of a split command is split <string> [character].
The <string> is the string you want to convert, which can be a string or a command that outputs a string.
The [character] is the character that will be used for splitting the string into objects.
Whenever split encounters the given character it will see it as a marker for the end of an object and
the start of a new one.
If no character is provided a space is used to split the string.
The split command returns a newly compiled list in which the first object is everything in the
<string> up to the [character], the second object everything between the second and third [character] and so on.
Any braces that are in the <string> will be considered a part of the object and new braces or backslashes
will be added to enforce that the brace is a part of the object if neccesary.
A small example: split "test {foo bar} temp" would result in a list where the first object would be
"test", the second "{foo", the third "bar}" and the fourth "temp". Also split "test.{foo.bar}.temp" .
would result in the same thing.
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