# Painless Split

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/painless-split/84625>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [May 4, 2017, 8:20pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/painless-split/84625 "2017-05-04T20:20:35Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![141984](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/1/c37758/32.png) [@141984](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/141984)\
**Post date:** [May 4, 2017, 8:20pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/painless-split/84625/1 "2017-05-04T20:20:35Z")

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Is there a split function available in painless that would split fields that have values like `/a/b/c/` for `/` and store a,b and c in a string array?

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**Author:** ![fortikeco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a587f6/32.png) [@fortikeco](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/fortikeco)\
**Post date:** [May 5, 2017, 3:25pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/painless-split/84625/3 "2017-05-05T15:25:01Z")

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You should be able to use the java API within painless.

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**Author:** ![xntang](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/xntang/32/5606_2.png) [@xntang](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/xntang)\
**Post date:** [May 25, 2017, 3:24am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/painless-split/84625/4 "2017-05-25T03:24:21Z")

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/\./.split(any\_string);

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2017, 3:25am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/painless-split/84625/5 "2017-06-22T03:25:15Z")

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