Currently the split_pattern compute kernel can split strings by a given pattern, but it'd be really helpful if the specified pattern could be a regular expression

Reporter: Nicola Crane / @thisisnic
Assignee: David Li / @lidavidm

Related issues:

• [C++] String algorithm library for StringArray/BinaryArray (is a child of)

PRs and other links:

• GitHub Pull Request #10354

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