[%CFEngine_function_prototype(array, input, comment, split, maxentries, maxbytes)%]

Description: Populates the two-dimensional array array with up to maxentries fields from the first maxbytes bytes of the string input.

This function mirrors the exact behavior of readstringarrayidx(), but reads data from a variable instead of a file. By making data readable from a variable, data driven policies can be kept inline.

[%CFEngine_function_attributes(array, input, comment, split, maxentries, maxbytes)%]

Example:

[%CFEngine_include_snippet(parsestringarrayidx.cf, #+begin_src cfengine3, .*end_src)%]

Output:

[%CFEngine_include_snippet(parsestringarrayidx.cf, #+begin_src\s+example_output\s, .end_src)%]

History: Was introduced in version 3.1.5, Nova 2.1.0 (2011)