String.split on empty strings in FlexSim 2018.0.5

[sastanin]

[ FlexSim 18.0.5 ]

The issue reported in this thread is fixed in FlexSim 2018.0.5, but there is another backwards compatibility issue with the same method introduced in 2018.0.5:

string s = "";
return s.split(";");
// FlexSim 2018.0.4: []
// FlexSim 2018.0.5: [""]

[philboboADSK · Accepted solution]

18.1.1 includes the bug fixes in 18.0.5.

Also, string.split(";") on an empty string is supposed to return [""]

[sastanin]

Thank you. The point is that the behavior of the method has changed from 18.0.4 to 18.0.5, and this change creates subtle bugs in the existing code base.

[philboboADSK]

That's why it is listed under "backwards compatibility notes" in the release notes.

The same change that fixed the other issue also fixed this bug.