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Split all string values in an object based on a delimiter and optionally return specific elements

Usage

The splitObject function processes an object and splits all string values using a specified delimiter. It returns a new object with the split values, while preserving non-string values as-is.

Syntax

{input | splitObject:delimiter:index:fallback}

Parameters

input (object): The object containing values to split
delimiter (string): The character or string to split by
index (number, optional): Zero-based index of the element to return from each split
fallback (string, optional): Default value if input is invalid, property is empty, or index is out of bounds (defaults to "N/A")

Returns

If input is not an object: Returns the fallback value
If index is provided: Returns an object with each string value replaced by the element at the specified index (or fallback)
If index is not provided: Returns an object with each string value replaced by an array of split elements
Non-string values are preserved unchanged

Examples

Basic object splitting

{{"name": "John-Doe", "email": "john@example.com"} | splitObject:"-"}
// Returns: {"name": ["John", "Doe"], "email": ["john@example.com"]}

Get specific element by index from all strings

{{"version": "v1.2.3", "tag": "release-2024-01"} | splitObject:"-":0}
// Returns: {"version": "v1.2.3", "tag": "release"}

Mixed data types with splitting

{{"count": 5, "path": "/home/user/docs", "active": true} | splitObject:"/":2}
// Returns: {"count": 5, "path": "user", "active": true}
// Note: Non-string values (count, active) remain unchanged

Using with fallback

{{"code": "ABC-123-XYZ", "ref": "REF-001"} | splitObject:"-":5:"Not found"}
// Returns: {"code": "Not found", "ref": "Not found"}

Processing vulnerability data

{vulnerability | splitObject:".":0:"Unknown"}
// Splits all string properties in a vulnerability object by "." and returns first segment

Parsing version strings in an object

{{"app_version": "2.5.1", "api_version": "1.3.0", "build": 42} | splitObject:".":1:"0"}
// Returns: {"app_version": "5", "api_version": "3", "build": 42}
// Gets the minor version number from version strings

Complex object with nested paths

{{
  "file_path": "/var/log/system.log",
  "backup_path": "/backup/2024/january/data.tar",
  "size": 1024,
  "type": "log-file-backup"
} | splitObject:"/":3:"N/A"}
// Returns: {
//   "file_path": "system.log",
//   "backup_path": "january",
//   "size": 1024,
//   "type": "log-file-backup"
// }

Use Cases

Processing multiple file paths or URLs in configuration objects
Extracting specific segments from versioned identifiers
Batch processing string properties while preserving other data types
Transforming imported data with consistent string patterns

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