split command

[Nada_Surf]

when using the split command to create a list from a string, can the program get confused with characters within a string variable...?

ie

set string1 ""word1 word2"

set list [split $string1]

theoretically the list should have elements: "word1 word2

or does the " mess up the splitting?

[Souperman]

You'd need to escape the " with a if it's to be part of the string. So...

set foo ""word1 word2"
set bar [split $foo]

$bar is now a list with elements {"word1} and {word2}