Example splitting string on slash character in ZSH.
$ str=part1/part2/part3
$ parts=(${(@s:/:)str})
$ echo $parts
part1 part2 part3
$ echo ${#parts[@]}
3
Example splitting string on slash character in ZSH.
$ str=part1/part2/part3
$ parts=(${(@s:/:)str})
$ echo $parts
part1 part2 part3
$ echo ${#parts[@]}
3