Tip: use \n for a new line, \t for a tab.
Leave empty to split into single characters.
How do you split text by a delimiter?
Splitting turns “red,green,blue” into three lines by breaking on whatever delimiter you type — a comma, a pipe, a whole word, or \n and \t for newline and tab. Each fragment is trimmed and empty ones are discarded, so doubled delimiters don’t produce blank rows. Leave the delimiter box empty and the text explodes into individual characters instead.
How to use the Split Text
- 1 Add the delimited text to the input area.
- 2 Specify the separator: a comma, any literal string, or the \n and \t escapes.
- 3 Fragments appear one per line, trimmed, with empties removed.
- 4 Copy the resulting list.
What you can use it for
- Turning a comma-separated list into lines.
- Splitting CSV fields for quick inspection.
- Separating tags or keywords into rows.
- Breaking a delimited log line into parts.
Frequently asked questions
What delimiters can I use?
Anything literal, from one character to a whole word. Two escapes are recognised: \n splits on line breaks and \t on tabs. An empty delimiter dices the text into single characters.
Are empty pieces removed?
Yes. Fragments are trimmed first, and anything that ends up zero-length, as happens with “a,,b”, is dropped instead of producing a blank row.
How is this different from splitting lines?
Line splitting only honours existing line breaks. Here the boundary is yours to define, so one long comma-separated line can fan out into fifty rows.
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