How to split a string into variables in sql?

Question

I have a string which looks like BAT | CAT | RAT | MAT I want to split this string into 4 parts and then store them into 4 different variables say .. @a,@b,@c,@

Answer 1

for splitting around a char :

DECLARE @A VARCHAR (100)= 'cat | bat | sat'

SELECT items
INTO #STRINGS 
FROM dbo.split(@A,'|')

also see this link

DECLARE @test varchar(max);
set @test = 'Peter/Parker/Spiderman/Marvel';
set @test = Replace(@test, '/', '.');

SELECT ParseName(@test, 4) --returns Peter
SELECT ParseName(@test, 3) --returns Parker
SELECT ParseName(@test, 2) --returns Spiderman
SELECT ParseName(@test, 1) --returns Marvel

SQL Server 2005 : split string into array and get array(x)?

workarounds for splitting strings:

http://www.sqlperformance.com/2012/07/t-sql-queries/split-strings