TOKEN

var := TOKEN [ /Silent ] [ /D=delimiter ] /- index string…

This command, similar to the WORD command, tokenises a string into words separated by a delimiter specified with the /delimiter option.

The command returns the respective token or an empty string if index is not a number or if it is outside the range 0…nTokens-1, nTokens indicating the number of available tokens in the string argument.

When using TOKEN, do not forget to use the /- option before the first argument (and after any other options). Without the /- option, any argument starting with a slash will be mistaken for an option.

index

The zero-based index of the token to return (0 ≤ index ≤ nWords-1, nWords being the number tokens available in the string argument).

string…

A string to tokenise. If you supply more than one string, they will still be considered one string, following STx rules for argument concatenation.

/Silent

If set, the function sets the return code on failure. Otherwise, it sets the return code to 0, even if the parameters are invalid.

/Delimiter=delimiter

Set the delimiter character. The default delimiter is a blank character.

Example

#str := set 'to be, or not to be, that is the question'
#var := token /D=, /- 1 $#str
um The second comma separated value in the string "$#str" is "$#var"
// will return ' or not to be'