Split String in flutter

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I using split method to split the String.

String date = "2020-10-07";
date.split("-");
print("split " + date[0]);

I expect will get 2020, but why it return 2 ?

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3 Answers

The reason you are getting 2 is because it is the first position (0) of the string variable date.

When you split a string, it will return a list/array.

String date = "2020-10-07";
final dateList = date.split("-");
print("split " + dateList[0]);
//expected "split 2020"
user_121230330

It is 2 because there no change has been done to the variable date( the same without the split), but with split you can access the list like this below

String date = "2020-10-07";
var first = date.split("-").first;//returns the first element of the list
print("split " + first);
user_67989950

(Any String).split(Pattern) returns List<String>. Since no operation was done to change the variable (it anyhow can't store List<String>).

You are left with:

  1. Temporarily store the split as @Morgan Hunt and @Henok Suggested
  2. print("split " + date.split("-").first); (I guess you are going to return the first split)

Also data[0] -> is an operation on a string hence you are getting 0th position -> 2

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