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Ruby-Like `split` in Elixir

Elixir's split function is a bit different from the Ruby version you might be familiar with.

Here's Ruby's split:

2.1.0 :001 > "FOOBAR".split("")
 => ["F", "O", "O", "B", "A", "R"]
Ruby

And Elixir's:

iex(1)> String.split("FOOBAR", "")
["F", "O", "O", "B", "A", "R", ""]
Elixir

Whoa, what's that extra "" doing in there? Drink in the Elixir. A small amount of message board reading has led me to conclude this was very deliberate and isn't going to be changed.

Here's one way to get a Ruby-like split:

iex(1)> String.split("FOOBAR", "", trim: true)
["F", "O", "O", "B", "A", "R"]
Elixir
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