String.prototype.split

Split a string into substrings using the specified separator and return them as an array.

Syntax

split(separator, limit?)

Parameters

• separator optional

  The string to use in separating the string. If omitted, a single-element array containing the entire string is returned. If empty string, the string is split into an array of single UTF-16 code units.

• limit optional

  The maximum number of elements returned in the array.

Return value

An array of strings.

Examples

"coffee/tea/milk".split("/")

["coffee", "tea", "milk"]

"coffee,tea,milk".split(",", 2)

["coffee", "tea"]

"Sum 41 band".split(/\d/)

["Sum ", "" ," band"]

`one
two  three
four`.split(/\s+/)

["one", "two", "three", "four"]