split string into array ruby code example

Example 1: split ruby

# no number splits on single whitespace
myArray = "hello hello".split 

# / / is one white space 
# limit value is 2 
myArray = "hello hello".split(/ /, 2) 

# -1 means no limit to the number of fields returned, 
myArray = "hello hello".split('o', -1)

Example 2: ruby string to array

"a b c d".split(" ")