`${(s:string:)…}`: Splitting separator

s:string: defines the splitting separator string when word splitting is applied.

The complete string is used as separator. With an empty string each character is split into a separate word.

Examples

Split by string

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value="Sunday-Monday-Tuesday-Wednesday-Thursday-Friday-Saturday"
days=( ${(s:-:)value} )
typeset days

Output:

`1`	`days=( Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday )`

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