javascript split string by ; into array code example

Example 1: javascript split array into chuncks of

function splitArrayIntoChunksOfLen(arr, len) {
  var chunks = [], i = 0, n = arr.length;
  while (i < n) {
    chunks.push(arr.slice(i, i += len));
  }
  return chunks;
}
var alphabet=['a','b','c','d','e','f'];
var alphabetPairs=splitArrayIntoChunksOfLen(alphabet,2); //split into chunks of two

Example 2: 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];