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split ExamplesΒΆ

The general syntax for this method is:

stringName.split('delimiter')

split is actually a string method, but it complements the array method join.

split divides a string into smaller pieces, which are stored in a new array. The delimiter argument determines how the string is broken apart.

Example

 1let numbers = "1,2,3,4";
 2let word = "Rutabaga";
 3let phrase = "Bookkeeper of balloons."
 4let arr = [];
 5
 6arr = numbers.split(',');  //split the string at each comma.
 7console.log(arr);
 8
 9arr = phrase.split(' ');   //split the string at each space.
10console.log(arr);
11
12arr = word.split('');      //split the string at each character.
13console.log(arr);

Output

['1', '2', '3', '4']
['Bookkeeper', 'of', 'balloons.']
['R', 'u', 't', 'a', 'b', 'a', 'g', 'a']