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.TH Text.by_split 3 2025-11-29 "Tomo man-pages"
.SH NAME
Text.by_split \- iterate by a spliting text
.SH LIBRARY
Tomo Standard Library
.SH SYNOPSIS
.nf
.BI Text.by_split\ :\ func(text:\ Text,\ delimiter:\ Text\ =\ ""\ ->\ func(->Text?))
.fi
.SH DESCRIPTION
Returns an iterator function that can be used to iterate over text separated by a delimiter.


.SH ARGUMENTS

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Name	Type	Description	Default
text	Text	The text to be iterated over in delimited chunks. 	-
delimiter	Text	An exact delimiter to use for splitting the text. 	""
.TE
.SH RETURN
An iterator function that returns one chunk of text at a time, separated by the given delimiter, until it runs out and returns `none`.

.SH NOTES
To split based on a set of delimiters, use Text.by_split_any().
If an empty text is given as the delimiter, then each split will be the graphical clusters of the text.

.SH EXAMPLES
.EX
text := "one,two,three"
for chunk in text.by_split(",")
# Prints: "one" then "two" then "three":
say(chunk)
.EE
.SH SEE ALSO
.BR Tomo-Text (3)