WordSeparators

WordSeparators is an option for Read, Find and related functions which specifies the list of strings to be taken as delimiters for words.

The default setting is WordSeparators -> {" ", "\t"}.

Strings used as word separators may contain several characters.

With the option setting NullWords -> False, any number of word separators may appear between any two successive words.

WordSeparators -> , ... , , ... specifies different left and right separators for words. Words must have a left separator at the beginning, and a right separator at the end, and cannot contain any separators.

Strings given as record separators are automatically taken as word separators.

See The Mathematica Book: Section 2.11.8.

See also: RecordSeparators, TokenWords.