how to split strings js code example

Example 1: string split javascript

var myString = "An,array,in,a,string,separated,by,a,comma";
var myArray = myString.split(",");
/* 
*
*  myArray :
*  ['An', 'array', 'in', 'a', 'string', 'separated', 'by', 'a', 'comma']
*
*/

Example 2: js string to array

str = 'How are you doing today?';
console.log(str.split(' '));

>> (5) ["How", "are", "you", "doing", "today?"]

Example 3: javascript split

var names = 'Harry ;Fred Barney; Helen Rigby ; Bill Abel ;Chris Hand ';

console.log(names);

var re = /\s*(?:;|$)\s*/;
var nameList = names.split(re);

console.log(nameList);

Example 4: how to sepaarte text in object javascript

let data = 'Child 1 First Name: Ali\nChild 1 Gender: Female\nChild 1 Hair Color: Blonde\nChild 1 Hair Style: Wavy\nChild 1 Skin Tone: Tan\nChild 2 First Name: Morgan \nChild 2 Gender: Female\nChild 2 Hair Color: Brown\nChild 2 Hair Style: Ponytail\nChild 2 Skin Tone: Light\nRelationship 1 to 2: Brother\nRelationship 2 to 1: Brother\n';
let target = {};

data.split('\n').forEach((pair) => {
  if(pair !== '') {
    let splitpair = pair.split(': ');
    let key = splitpair[0].charAt(0).toLowerCase() + splitpair[0].slice(1).split(' ').join('');
    target[key] = splitpair[1];
  }
});

console.dir(target);