Question

I have phrase with two words:

var phrase = "hello world"

and I want to split and assign like in:

var words = phrase.split(" ");
var word1 = words[0];
var word2 = words[1];

Is there a easier way than this three lines?

[updated]

I looking to a way for do it in a single line, like:

var word1 word2 = phrase.split(" ");

is it possible?

Answer 1

If you’re using Javascript 1.7 (not just ECMAscript), you can use destructuring assignment:

var [a, b] = "hello world".split(" ");