How to split string into only two parts with a given character in Ruby?

String#split takes a second argument, the limit.

str.split(' ', 2)

should do the trick.

ruby string split

"Ludwig Van Beethoven".split(' ', 2)

The second parameter limits the number you want to split it into.

You can also do:

"Ludwig Van Beethoven".partition(" ")

ruby string split

The second argument of .split() specifies how many splits to do:

'one two three four five'.split(' ', 2)

And the output:

>> ruby -e "print 'one two three four five'.split(' ', 2)">> ["one", "two three four five"]

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