**CIGAL Reference Manual, Chapter 3 (Functions): PARSE**
===== PARSE -- Parse a text string into separate words =====
**usage: tablevarb = parse(str,seps)**

PARSE divides a text string, STR, into separate "words" based on the presence of separator characters.
The separators are specified in SEPS. If omitted, SEPS is " \t,=".

The result of PARSE is a 3 column integer matrix, with a row for each word found in STR. The format of this parse table is:\\
  * column 1 - character offset in STR\\
  * column 2 - number of characters in word\\
  * column 3 - word type (0=null, 1=text, 2=number)\\


**See Also:**\\
[[jvs:cigal|CIGAL Home]], 
[[jvs:cigal:manual|CIGAL Manual]], 
[[jvs:cigal:manual:chapter3|Functions List]], 
[[jvs:cigal:manual:help|Manual Help]]