# io.github.libtmux.format.RowFormat.RowFormat.split

- **Module:** io.github.libtmux.format.RowFormat.RowFormat
- **Package:** io.github.libtmux:libtmux
- **Language:** Java
- **Kind:** method
- **Source:** https://github.com/libtmux/libtmux-java/blob/c3517519ee799428a809ce6deb1708c8be289cd1/libtmux/src/main/java/io/github/libtmux/format/RowFormat.java#L177
- **Page:** https://libtmux.org/reference/java/io-github-libtmux-format-rowformat-rowformat-split/

```
io.github.libtmux.format.RowFormat.RowFormat.split(row: String) -> List<String>
```

Reads one row back into its fields.

## Raises

- `TmuxFormatException` — if the row does not have exactly the expected number of fields, which is the only chance to notice that something shifted