Why can't this language get even the simplest things done?

[SomeoneFixThisShit]

Dim $cData = ClipGet();

Dim $split = StringSplit($cData, '\n', 1);

MsgBox(0, "test", $split[0])

 

If I set $cData to "test\ntest" then it will work. But multiline data from the clipboard? It doesn't get split at all. And I tried \n, \r\n, @CR, @CRLF.

($split[0] is 1, even if I have a long multiline string in the clipboard)

 

[AutoBert]

i have no problem with clipboard using standard data: 

#include <Array.au3>

$sData = 'Line 1\n'
$sData &= 'Line 2\n'
$sData &= 'Line 3\n'
$sData &= 'Line 4'

ClipPut($sData)

$aSplit = StringSplit(ClipGet(), '\n', 1);
_ArrayDisplay($aSplit)

So you must find out which delimiter are used and maybe fine tune with StringRegExp for your needs. Are there any delimiters in clipboard data?

[mikell]

This language works nice if you do things as they should be done
So you can't even make difference between the string '\n' and the newline macro @LF ?
Please have a look at the help file before grumbling 

Dim $cData = ClipGet();

Dim $split = StringSplit($cData, @LF, 1);

MsgBox(0, "test", $split[0])

 

[Subz]

Paste your text into something like Notepad++ turn on symbols and you can see what characters you can split on,.  As mikell and AutoBert have shown as long as you know the character to split on, it should work.  If it doesn't its usually because something you've missed, not a bug in Autoit.

"a good workman never blames his tools."

[jchd]

Why not fixing your own shit by after reading the help file seriously?

[JLogan3o13]

@SomeoneFixThisShit so after creating a nasty thread it turns out to be your own lack of coding skill. Per your report we will not remove this thread but will lock it so that others can see 99.9% of the time it isn't the language's fault you aren't capable of figuring something out.

If you approach future thread with the same attitude, be assured your time on this forum will be brief.