source: trunk/essentials/sys-apps/gawk/test/splitdef.awk

BEGIN {
        data = "abc:easy:as:one:two:three"
        FS = ":"
        FIELDWIDTHS = "3 1 4 1 2 1 3 1 3 1 5"
        n = split(data, a)
        printf "n = %d, a[3] = %s\n", n, a[3]
}