split java script 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: string to array javascript

const str = 'Hello!';

console.log(Array.from(str)); //  ["H", "e", "l", "l", "o", "!"]

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: js split string

var myString = "Hello World!";

// splitWords is an array
// [Hello,World!]
var splitWords = myString.split(" ");

// e.g. you can use it as an index or remove a specific word:
var hello = splitWords[splitWords.indexOf("Hello")];

Example 5: split() javascript

let countWords = function(sentence){
    return sentence.split(' ').length;
}

console.log(countWords('Type any sentence here'));

//result will be '4'(for words in the sentence)