Using the split() function to create arrays

The built-in split() function can parse any string into elements of an array.The split(string, arr, fs) function splits the string value of str into fields and stores them in thearr array. The number of fields produced is returned as the value of the split function. The string value of the third argument, fs, determines the field separator.The syntax of split() functions is as follows, followed by a listed explanation of the elements involved:

n = split (str, arr, fs)

• str: This is the input string to be parsed into the elements of the named arr.
• arr: This is the name of the array.
• fs: This is the separator character based on which the array elements are split. If the separator is not given, the elements are split based on the fs as the separator. The separator can be a single character of the regular expression.
• n: This is the index of the array, starting at 1 and going up to n.

The following example illustrates the basic usage of split to create an...