is an option to various functions that specifies what delimiters to use or look for.
Delimiters
is an option to various functions that specifies what delimiters to use or look for.
Examples
Basic Examples (2)
Specifying the delimiter determines how values are separated:
SemanticImportString["1 2, 3 ; 4, 5 6", "String", "Columns", Delimiters -> ","]//InputFormImport semicolon-delimited values instead:
SemanticImportString["1 2, 3 ; 4, 5 6", "String", "Columns", Delimiters -> ";"]//InputFormDelimiters within quotations are ignored:
SemanticImportString["1 \"2, 3\" ; 4, 5 6", "String", "Columns", Delimiters -> ","]//InputFormHistory
Introduced in 1988 (1.0) | Updated in 2014 (10.0)
Text
Wolfram Research (1988), Delimiters, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Delimiters.html (updated 2014).
CMS
Wolfram Language. 1988. "Delimiters." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. Last Modified 2014. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Delimiters.html.
APA
Wolfram Language. (1988). Delimiters. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Delimiters.html
BibTeX
@misc{reference.wolfram_2026_delimiters, author="Wolfram Research", title="{Delimiters}", year="2014", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Delimiters.html}", note=[Accessed: 13-June-2026]}
BibLaTeX
@online{reference.wolfram_2026_delimiters, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={Delimiters}, year={2014}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Delimiters.html}, note=[Accessed: 13-June-2026]}