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@@ -873,6 +873,43 @@ builtins.sort builtins.lessThan [ 483 249 526 147 42 77 ]
</varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry><term><function>builtins.split</function>
+ <replaceable>regex</replaceable> <replaceable>str</replaceable></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Returns a list composed of non matched strings interleaved
+ with the lists of the <link
+ xlink:href="http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/basedefs/V1_chap09.html#tag_09_04">extended
+ POSIX regular expression</link> <replaceable>regex</replaceable> matches
+ of <replaceable>str</replaceable>. Each item in the lists of matched
+ sequences is a regex group.
+
+<programlisting>
+builtins.split "(a)b" "abc"
+</programlisting>
+
+Evaluates to <literal>[ "" [ "a" ] "c" ]</literal>.
+
+<programlisting>
+builtins.split "([ac])" "abc"
+</programlisting>
+
+Evaluates to <literal>[ "" [ "a" ] "b" [ "c" ] "" ]</literal>.
+
+<programlisting>
+builtins.split "(a)|(c)" "abc"
+</programlisting>
+
+Evaluates to <literal>[ "" [ "a" null ] "b" [ null "c" ] "" ]</literal>.
+
+<programlisting>
+builtins.split "([[:upper:]]+)" " FOO "
+</programlisting>
+
+Evaluates to <literal>[ " " [ "FOO" ] " " ]</literal>.
+
+ </para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
<varlistentry><term><function>builtins.stringLength</function>
<replaceable>e</replaceable></term>