How to convert String to Array without any delimiters?

[LWC]

I'd like to take a string like|this and turn it to a 1 key array such as:

Array[1] (
      [0] => like|this
    )

There seem to be 2 functions (one internal and the other is an UDF) that are meant for this, but both of which require to supply a delimiter for this to always work.
Now of course I can fake a delimiter that I don't expect to exist (like @CRLF).
Alternatively, I can use a middleman variable, but it seems like a waste.
Is there a more normal (i.e. delimiter and middleman free) way to do it?

$foobar = "like|this", $foobar2 = $foobar, $foobar3 = $foobar

$foobar = StringSplit($foobar, @CRLF, 3)) ; the delimiter here is a mandatory field
; or
include <Array.a3u>
$foobar2 = _ArrayFromString($foobar2, @CRLF)) ; the delimiter here is optional but the default "|" will break my string
; or
local $foobar_temp[1] = [$foobar3] ; making up a whole new parameter just for this
$foobar3 = $foobar_temp

 

Edited November 13, 2023 by LWC
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[Andreik]

Why not this?

#include <Array.au3>

$foobar = "like|this"
Dim $whatever[1] = [$foobar]

_ArrayDisplay($whatever)

 

[LWC]

But that's exactly one of my aforementioned interim solutions. See above what I wrote about it.

Edited November 13, 2023 by LWC

[Subz]

Your code isn't like Andreik example, unsure why you're creating a temp variable to redeclare it.

You could simply write:

Local $Foobar[] = ["like|this"]
MsgBox(4096, "Result", $Foobar[0])

 

[Andreik]

1 hour ago, LWC said:

But that's exactly one of my aforementioned interim solutions. See above what I wrote about it.

And what do you want more? You have the desired result by direct assignation, however, Subz has a point in questioning why such a construct is even needed.

 

[jchd]

And what's the point of filling a 1-element array with a string you already have?

[argumentum]

4 hours ago, LWC said:

middleman free) way to do it?

The answer is no. You can make yourself believe that there's nothing delimiting but something has to. Otherwise how is the system to know that in "foobar" there is "foo" and "bar" and not just "foobar" or "fo" "ob" "ar". Old databases would declare that a field is X char long and that's a way to delimit fields if that is simpler for your code.

None the less there is no way around it that I can think of. Even this HTML page you are reading, separates the header from the body with a double @CRLF as a delimiter.

Now my question is why. Why do you envision that as a solution ?. What is the problem ?
 

Edit: opps. Anyway, you're looking for Opt("GUIDataSeparatorChar", Chr(1)) ; The default character is '|'.

Edited November 13, 2023 by argumentum
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