JavaScript split() Method
Definition and Usage
The split() method is used to split a string into an array of strings.
JavaScript split() Method Syntax
| stringObject.split(separator, howmany) |
Parameter |
Description |
separator |
Required. Specifies the character, regular expression, or substring that is used to determine where to split the string |
howmany |
Optional. Specify how many times split should occur. Must be a numeric value |
JavaScript split() Method Tips and Notes
Note: If an empty string ("") is used as the separator, the string is split between each character.
JavaScript split() Method Example
In this example we will split up a string in different ways:
<script type="text/javascript">
var str="How are you doing today?"
document.write(str.split(" ") + "<br />")
document.write(str.split("") + "<br />")
document.write(str.split(" ",3)) </script>
The output of the code above will be:
How,are,you,doing,today? H,o,w, ,a,r,e, ,y,o,u, ,d,o,i,n,g, ,t,o,d,a,y,? How,are,you
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