# str_split_regex — Haybarn WASM 1.5.5-rc3

Splits the `string` along the `regex`. A set of optional regex `options` can be set.

- Reference: /products/haybarn/functions/releases/haybarn-1.5.5-rc3/str_split_regex/
- JSON: /products/haybarn/functions/api/v1/haybarn-1.5.5-rc3/functions/str_split_regex.json
- Snapshot ID: haybarn-1.5.5-rc3
- Engine: haybarn v1.5.6-dev149
- Source ID: 105edd31b5
- Binary SHA-256: 426638bc374fcc542fea93b251f885bfb7d221c68fcc0a5a81cc565d7e6ca180
- Captured: 2026-09-06T00:23:30.515Z
- Source: https://www.npmjs.com/package/@haybarn/haybarn-wasm/v/1.5.5-rc3
- Loaded extensions: core_functions, icu, json, parquet
- Alias of: string_split_regex

## Interpretation

- Choose a snapshot matching the target engine and build. The default is captured from the published Haybarn WASM package used by the browser playground. Historical native snapshots are also available.
- Availability is an observation in the recorded build and extension profile, not a guarantee of support in every installation or in WASM.
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- Catalog examples are source material and may require data or extensions. runnableExamples contains separately verified SQL for the pinned WASM package; sample-data adaptations and guide examples are labeled separately.
- Guide annotations and recipes are separate editorial content. The browser runner always uses Haybarn WASM 1.5.5-rc3, independently of the documentation snapshot.
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## Overloads

### overload-5f432244b705c6d4

Kind: scalar. Parameter order: catalog-order.

```text
str_split_regex(string: VARCHAR, regex: VARCHAR) → VARCHAR[]
```

Link: /products/haybarn/functions/releases/haybarn-1.5.5-rc3/str_split_regex/#overload-5f432244b705c6d4

| Argument | Catalog type | Calling mode |
| --- | --- | --- |
| string | VARCHAR | not recorded |
| regex | VARCHAR | not recorded |

Declared return type: VARCHAR[]. Variadic argument type: none declared.
Stability: CONSISTENT. Declared side effects: false.

### overload-4bae442c571df6e0

Kind: scalar. Parameter order: catalog-order.

```text
str_split_regex(string: VARCHAR, regex: VARCHAR, options: VARCHAR) → VARCHAR[]
```

Link: /products/haybarn/functions/releases/haybarn-1.5.5-rc3/str_split_regex/#overload-4bae442c571df6e0

| Argument | Catalog type | Calling mode |
| --- | --- | --- |
| string | VARCHAR | not recorded |
| regex | VARCHAR | not recorded |
| options | VARCHAR | not recorded |

Declared return type: VARCHAR[]. Variadic argument type: none declared.
Stability: CONSISTENT. Declared side effects: false.


## Guide recipes

No guide recipes.

## Engine catalog examples

Source examples may require additional data or extensions. Expressions are wrapped in SELECT; execution verification is not recorded.

Reported for: overload-5f432244b705c6d4, overload-4bae442c571df6e0

```sql
SELECT str_split_regex('hello world; 42', ';? ');
```

## Runnable examples

Executed successfully in Haybarn WASM 1.5.5-rc3. Sample data and guide examples are separate from the original catalog.

```sql
SELECT str_split_regex('hello world; 42', ';? ');
```

## Additional DuckDB documentation

- [Text Functions](https://duckdb.org/docs/current/sql/functions/text#text-functions-and-operators)
- [Text Functions](https://duckdb.org/docs/current/sql/functions/text.html#text-functions-and-operators)

## In other engines

### Apache Spark: split()



Apache Spark:

```sql
SELECT SPLIT('123|789', '\\|')
```

Haybarn / DuckDB:

```sql
SELECT STR_SPLIT_REGEX('123|789', '\|')
```

Translation from [SQLGlot](https://github.com/tobymao/sqlglot/blob/3086608e6fd4c41c02dfba47171608d2b193fce2/tests/dialects/test_spark.py#L539).

### ClickHouse: splitbyregexp()



ClickHouse:

```sql
splitByRegexp('\\d+', x)
```

Haybarn / DuckDB:

```sql
STR_SPLIT_REGEX(x, '\d+')
```

Translation from [SQLGlot](https://github.com/tobymao/sqlglot/blob/3086608e6fd4c41c02dfba47171608d2b193fce2/tests/dialects/test_clickhouse.py#L1971).

### Presto: regexp_split()



Presto:

```sql
REGEXP_SPLIT(x, 'a.')
```

Haybarn / DuckDB:

```sql
STR_SPLIT_REGEX(x, 'a.')
```

Translation from [SQLGlot](https://github.com/tobymao/sqlglot/blob/3086608e6fd4c41c02dfba47171608d2b193fce2/tests/dialects/test_presto.py#L233).

## Observed availability

| Snapshot | Observed | Overloads | JSON |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| haybarn-1.5.5-rc3 | present | 2 | [reference](/products/haybarn/functions/api/v1/haybarn-1.5.5-rc3/functions/str_split_regex.json) |
| duckdb-1.5.5 | present | 2 | [reference](/products/haybarn/functions/api/v1/duckdb-1.5.5/functions/str_split_regex.json) |
| duckdb-1.4.4 | present | 2 | [reference](/products/haybarn/functions/api/v1/duckdb-1.4.4/functions/str_split_regex.json) |
| duckdb-1.3.2 | present | 2 | [reference](/products/haybarn/functions/api/v1/duckdb-1.3.2/functions/str_split_regex.json) |

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