slice string at certain character javascript 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: js slice string at word

var str= "12344A56789";
var splitted = str.split('4A'); //this will output ["1234", "56789"]
var first = splitted[0]; //"1234"
var second = splitted[1]; //"56789"
console.log('First is: ' + first + ', and second is: ' + second);