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| page_title: split - Functions - Configuration Language |
| description: |- |
| The split function produces a list by dividing a given string at all |
| occurrences of a given separator. |
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| # `split` Function |
| |
| `split` produces a list by dividing a given string at all occurrences of a |
| given separator. |
| |
| ```hcl |
| split(separator, string) |
| ``` |
| |
| ## Examples |
| |
| ``` |
| > split(",", "foo,bar,baz") |
| [ |
| "foo", |
| "bar", |
| "baz", |
| ] |
| > split(",", "foo") |
| [ |
| "foo", |
| ] |
| > split(",", "") |
| [ |
| "", |
| ] |
| ``` |
| |
| ## Related Functions |
| |
| * [`join`](/terraform/language/functions/join) performs the opposite operation: producing a string |
| joining together a list of strings with a given separator. |
