How to Split String With Multiple Delimiters in JS

Typically, web developers split JavaScript strings using a single delimiter. But sometimes you may need to split the string using multiple delimiters. In this article, we will learn how to split string with multiple delimiters in JS.

How to Split String With Multiple Delimiters in JS

Let us say you have the following string in JavaScript.

var a = "Hello World,Good Morning";

Let us say you want to split the above string by space as well as comma delimiters.

Generally, developers use split() function to split a string using delimiter. If you want to split the above string by only space, then here is the command to do so.

a.split(' ');
["Hello", "World,Good", "Morning"]

If you want to split the above string by space as well as comma followed by space then you need to use regular expression for this purpose. Regular expressions are enclosed in /…/. In that we, as use [..] to indicate multiple patterns. Within square brackets, we first mention \s to indicate white space character, followed by comma. We also mention + operator to indicate one or more occurrences of any of these characters.

a.split(/[\s,]+/)
["Hello", "World", "Good", "Morning"]

In this article, we have learnt how to split string with multiple delimiters. The key is to provide regular expression in split() function.

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