val strs = "name, 2012, 2017".split(",").toTypedArray()

​

// string that you want to split

val stringToSplit = "a string to split by spaces"

// split the string

val split = stringToSplit.split(" ")

// Results:

split[0] // a

split[1] // string

split[2] // to

split[3] // split

split[4] // by

split[5] // spaces