add a number of elements argument to listToArray

Description

Over in Javascript land, they are looking at this option

## python

print('a|b|c|d|e|f'.split('|', 2))

# ['a', 'b', 'c|d|e|f']

Currently, ListToArray() processes the whole string, regardless
https://docs.lucee.org/reference/functions/listtoarray.html

We could add a fifth parameter, (name?) specifying number of elements.

when positive, the remaining string gets added as the last array element
when negative, nothing more happens, only the first N items get added to the array

This would be useful in terms of performance and memory, as well as being useful when processing complex strings

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Created 18 July 2022 at 09:06

Updated 31 December 2024 at 09:11