---
name: "Strings.words"
section: "3kaya"
platform: "linux"
package: "kaya"
version: "0.4.4-6.2"
release: "Debian 8 (Jessie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/Strings.words"
---

# Strings.words(3kaya)

Split a String into words.

## NAME

Strings::words - Split a String into words.

## SYNOPSIS

**\[String\] words(** *String x* **)**

## ARGUMENTS

**x** The string to split

## DESCRIPTION

Splits a String into whitespace separated words.

-

   x = "The quick brown    fox jumps\\n\\tover the lazy dog";\
    ws = words(x); // \["The","quick","brown","fox","jumps",\
                   //  "over","the","lazy","dog"\];

## AUTHORS

Kaya standard library by Edwin Brady, Chris Morris and others (kaya@kayalang.org). For further information see http://kayalang.org/

## LICENSE

The Kaya standard library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License (version 2.1 or any later version) as published by the Free Software Foundation.

## RELATED

**Strings.lines (3kaya)**

**Regex.split (3kaya)**

**Strings.unwords (3kaya)**