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SplitLines

Function SplitLines - make a list of lines from a string

Calling Sequence  SplitLines(s)
Parameters
NameTypeDescription

s stringa string which may contain newlines
Return Type  list(string)
Synopsis SplitLines takes a string and breaks it after every newline character ('\n'). Each of these lines are placed in an output list. If the string does not end in a newline, the last string of the list will not end in a newline. In other words, SplitLines just splits the string, it does not introduce or remove any characters.
Examples
> SplitLines('abc');
[abc]
> SplitLines('abc
xyz');
[abc
, xyz]
See also FileStat,   OpenPipe,   ReadLine,   ReadOffsetLine,   ReadRawFile,   TimedCallSystem