Bug #12108: Splitting an empty string returns an empty array

• Status: Rejected
• Assignee: -
• Target version: -
• Backport: 2.0.0: UNKNOWN, 2.1: UNKNOWN, 2.2: UNKNOWN, 2.3: UNKNOWN

[sawa (Tsuyoshi Sawada)]

Splitting an empty string returns an empty array.

"".split("") # => []
"".split("a") # => []
"".split(//) # => []
"".split(/a/) # => []

[sawa (Tsuyoshi Sawada)]

Sorry, it turns out that this was a feature (http://ruby-doc.org/core-2.3.0/String.html#method-i-split). I didn't know. I would like to retract this bug report.

[Eregon (Benoit Daloze)]

• Status changed from Open to Rejected