javascript split a word into letters code example

Example 1: javascript slice string from character

var input = 'john smith~123 Street~Apt 4~New York~NY~12345';

var fields = input.split('~');

var name = fields[0];
var street = fields[1];

Example 2: javascript split sentence into words

// split sentence into words
sentence.split(' '); // split the string on the spaces