I have a Javascript string.
var str = "an eye";
I want to split the string to get all the alphabets in an array using split() and regex. Meaning I want,
['a','n','e','y','e']
I used the following regex in match() to get the array:
var reg = /[a-z]/gi;
But, when I use the same regex in split(), it gives me an array of spaces.
["", "", " ", "", "", ""]
Please help me understand what i am missing here. I am new to both javascript and regex. TIA.
You've got spaces because when you split by char the split() function consumes that char. Use positive lookahead (?=) instead. See regex demo.
var text = 'an eye'
console.log(text.split(/(?=[a-z])/i))You're pretty close! split will remove the items it matches and return the strings in-between each removed item as an array.
You want match instead, which returns an array of the items it matches:
str.match(/[a-z]/gi);
To get a better understanding of these methods, check out the split and match documentation.
split, match or anything else, like [1,2,3].reverse().join(',') === '3,2,1'.
splitis "split at".n("n "instead of"n"). You should use match instead, and you can still call reverse on the array and anything else you want to do, such asstr.match(/[a-z]/gi).reverse().join('');.