kumomta/docs/reference/string/splitn.md

kumo.string.splitn(STRING, LIMIT, PATTERN)

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Splits STRING by PATTERN, returning an array-style table holding at most LIMIT substrings.

assert(
  kumo.json_encode(kumo.string.splitn('Mary had a little lamb', 3, ' '))
    == '["Mary","had","a little lamb"]'
)