How to write each line of the result of a a system() call into a list in Vimscript?

Question

I'd like to loop over the files in a directory using Vimscript. Reading usr_41.txt and having searched around, the best I can come up with is something like let dir_contents = system('ls')

But since system() isn't returning a list, I can't loop over it. Is there either a way I can save the results of a system call as a list, or a Vim command or function that does so already?

Answer 1

You can get a list with split(system('ls'), '\n'), which will give you a list of files providing you don't have files with newlines in them.