parse a string into an array

[fishiface]

I've seen but can't find or recall a post in this thread where someone parsed a string into an array using a regular expression to define the delimiter. I need to do something similar and would be grateful for an example or a pointer to a decent reference resource.

In perl-speak, I would
[tt] my @array = split( /regex/, $string );[/tt]

Yours,

"As soon as we started programming, we found to our surprise that it wasn't as
easy to get programs right as we had thought. Debugging had to be discovered.
I can remember the exact instant when I realized that a large part of my life
from then on was going to be spent in finding mistakes in my own programs."
--Maurice Wilk

 

[palbano]

var myArray = "help,me,parse,this,string,please".split(",");

does that help?
-pete

 

[fishiface]

It certainly does, sir, and many thanks to you. Can you point me towards a site where I can learn more of this sort of information? It does not seem to be in the core language specification and yet I cannot find it in the DOM. I feel certain that there is something somewhere that I am missing! "As soon as we started programming, we found to our surprise that it wasn't as
easy to get programs right as we had thought. Debugging had to be discovered.
I can remember the exact instant when I realized that a large part of my life
from then on was going to be spent in finding mistakes in my own programs."
--Maurice Wilk

 

[palbano]

>> Can you point me towards a site ...

At the bottom of the left column of this web site you will find a "Partners" box. It is full of places to go to learn more.

good luck
-pete

 

[fishiface]

Great. That will keep me busy/quiet for a while. Thanks again. "As soon as we started programming, we found to our surprise that it wasn't as
easy to get programs right as we had thought. Debugging had to be discovered.
I can remember the exact instant when I realized that a large part of my life
from then on was going to be spent in finding mistakes in my own programs."
--Maurice Wilk

 

[AdamBrill]

One of the best sites I have found is MSDN. They have just about everything. Here is another site that you might want to check out, too:

http://wp.netscape.com/eng/mozilla/3.0/handbook/javascript/

 

[jemminger]

fishiface,

the js split() function accepts regex, as does replace():

var str = "i_am-a-string^of*chars";
alert(str.split(/[-_]/));
alert(str.replace(/[*^]/gi,"!"));

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while (!succeed) try();
-jeff

 

[maxpower1]

use string.indexOf function to find the delimiter. This will save you a lot of grief.

 

[jemminger]

maxpower1,

regexes will allow multiple delimiters within one statement, and will allow more complex patterns than the static text that indexOf() accepts...you cannot search for "any letter followed by two numbers and a hyphen" using indexOf().

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while (!succeed) try();
-jeff