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split()

method

Splits a string into an array of substrings based on a separator.

Syntax

string.split(separator, limit)

Example

javascript
const csv = 'Alice,Bob,Charlie,Dave';
console.log(csv.split(','));      // ['Alice','Bob','Charlie','Dave']
console.log(csv.split(',', 2));   // ['Alice','Bob']

const sentence = 'Hello World';
console.log(sentence.split(' ')); // ['Hello','World']
console.log(sentence.split(''));  // ['H','e','l','l','o',' ',...]

const path = 'home/user/documents';
const parts = path.split('/');
console.log(parts); // ['home','user','documents']