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JavaScript split() Method

String Object Reference JavaScript String Object

Definition and Usage

The split() method is used to split a string into an array of substrings, and returns the new array.

Syntax

stringObject.split(separator, limit)

Parameter Description
separator Optional. Specifies the character to use for splitting the string. If omitted, the entire string will be returned
limit Optional. An integer that specifies the number of splits

Tips and Notes

Tip: If an empty string ("") is used as the separator, the string is split between each character.

Example

Example

Split 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("") + "<br />");
document.write(str.split(" ",3));

</script>

The output of the code above will be:

How are you doing today?
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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String Object Reference JavaScript String Object

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