split a string by delimiter and put into an array code example

Example 1: js string to array

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

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

Example 2: javascript turn string into array

var fruits = 'apple, orange, pear, banana, raspberry, peach';
var ar = fruits.split(', '); // split string on comma space
console.log( ar );
// [ "apple", "orange", "pear", "banana", "raspberry", "peach" ]