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WordSeparators

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

Details

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{{lsep₁,…},{rsep₁,…}} specifies different left and right separators for words. Words must have a left separator at the beginning, a right separator at the end, and cannot contain any separators.
WordSeparators{} or WordSeparatorsNone does not use word separators, so any record is effectively read as a single word.
Strings given as record separators are automatically taken as word separators.

Examples

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Basic Examples (1)

Read the text in a file as a sequence of words:

Use WordSeparators:

Scope (1)

Setting WordSeparatorsNone is equivalent to reading a record:

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