first we have a string seperated by '~' signs and an array of keys.The second replace function is using [^~]+ to match each different part (i.e. '123 Street', 'Apt 4', etc) and calls the function for each part, passing it as the argument.

Mar 16, 2009 · @BrodaNoel you're correct that's the one major caveat of the first code example. In that particular case it's best to use a character that is safe to split on, in my example the intent was to replace the , so it was "safe" but it certainly is something to be mindful of.

Jun 10, 2012 · Note that .split() is not a jQuery method, but a native string method. If you use .split() on a string, then you get an array back with the substrings: var str = 'something -- something_else'; var substr = str.split(' -- '); // substr[0] contains "something" // substr[1] contains "something_else" If this value is in some field you could also do:

Dec 25, 2015 · But, generically speaking .split(',').pop() works for last element on comma separated string. Just sayin' cuz I was misled by Guffa's awesome answer, I just disregarded it because didn't need a regex and thought the trick was there! :P –

The string simply contains names of DIVs, like this: feedUpdateResponse = "div1/div2/div3/div4" I would like to first split the string by its slashes (/) and run a loop through the different values and do stuff to those elements on my page.

Do you care for non-English names? If so, all of the presented solutions (.split(''), [...str], Array.from(str), etc.) may give bad results, depending on language:

Your string does not contain that sequence, hence it is not splitted. "my, tags are, in here".split(", ") with the splitting sequence swapped will at least split your original string in three parts, after each comma-and-space. If you do want five parts, the answers below specify the match string as a regular expression matching a space or a comma.

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Jul 14, 2010 · My two cents, adding trim to remove the initial whitespaces left in sAc's answer. var str = 'Hello, World, etc'; var str_array = str.split(','); for(var i = 0; i < str_array.length; i++) { // Trim the excess whitespace.

Dec 29, 2014 · Yes, as per ECMA262 15.5.4.14 String.prototype.split (separator, limit), if the separator is not in the string, it returns a one-element array with the original string in it. The outcome can be inferred from: Returns an Array object into which substrings of the result of converting this object to a String have been stored.