split
Summary
Split a string into substrings using the specified separator and return the substrings as an array.
Syntax
stringObj.split([separator[, limit ]])
- stringObj
- Required. The String object or string literal to be split. This object is not modified by the split method.
- separator
- Optional. A string or a Regular Expression object that identifies character or characters to use in separating the string. If omitted, a single-element array containing the entire string is returned.
- limit
- Optional. A value used to limit the number of elements returned in the array.
Return Value
The result of the split method is an array of strings split at each point where separator occurs in stringObj. The separator is not returned as part of any array element.
Examples
The following example illustrates the use of the split method.
var s = "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.";
var ss = s.split(" ");
for (i in ss) {
document.write(ss[i];
document.write("<br/>");
}
// Output:
// The
// quick
// brown
// fox
// jumps
// over
// the
// lazy
// dog.
See also
Other articles
Attributions
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