How split string with nested strings

Question

I have a string like this

const str = "'a' 'b' 'c'"

I want to split it and get in result array of strings

const arr = str.split(" ")

but in output I get:

["'a'", "'b'", "'c'"]

How can I get in output array without nested strings?

Desired result

["a", "b", "c"]

Is there a possibility that one of those strings will have escaped ' character? For example ["'doesn\'t' 'abc' 'mustn\'t'"] — Sebastian Kaczmarek
– Sebastian Kaczmarek, Commented Dec 19, 2019 at 12:48
Or Array.from(text.matchAll(/'([^'\\]*(?:\\.[^'\\]*)*)'/gs), m => m[1]) — Wiktor Stribiżew
– Wiktor Stribiżew, Commented Dec 19, 2019 at 12:56

Mihai Alexandru-Ionut · Accepted Answer · 2019-12-19 12:46:00Z

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You could use replace method by passing a regex expression in combination with map method by passing an arrow function as argument.

const str = "'a' 'b' 'c'";
console.log(str.split(' ').map(el => el.replace(/'/g, "")));

answered Dec 19, 2019 at 12:46

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Mohammad Usman · Accepted Answer · 2019-12-19 12:46:29Z

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First remove ' from above string using .replace() and then split it:

const str = "'a' 'b' 'c'";

const output = str.replace(/'/g, '').split(' ');

console.log(output);

answered Dec 19, 2019 at 12:46

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