I wanted to split a string using regex expression.
The string is:
var str = 'i want @masala tea@'
I want this string to be splitted into the array ['i want','masala tea']
What I have tried so far was:
var arr = str.split(/^@.*@$/);
but this did not work.
Don't use spilt function for this case. use replace funtion like this:
var str='i want @masala tea@';
console.log(str.replace(/@/gi, "")); //i want masala tea.
Thanks.
You can split your message on each '@' and then filter empty items. If you need to remove whitespace characters from each string use .map(...) function.
'i want @masala tea@'.split('@').filter(e => e != "");
//["i want ", "masala tea"]
'i want @masala tea@'.split('@').map(e => e.trim()).filter(e => e != "");
//["i want", "masala tea"]
Yes, you can split string using regex expression. Try this. i thing it will solve your problem.
let yourString = 'i want @masala tea@'; // your string
// function that return exactly what you want
let outputArr = (string) => {
return string.trim().match(/[^@]+/g).map(item => item.trim());
}
console.log(outputArr(yourString));
//(2) ["i want", "masala tea"]
str.match(/[^@]+/g)