Question

I have the next code that was given to me to split up a string into an array.

var chk = str.split(/[^a-z']+/i);

The problem I’m having with this solution is that if the string has a period in the end, it’s being replaced with “,”

For example:
If I have the next string: “hi,all-I’m-glad.”
The solution above results: “hi,all,I’m,glad,” (notice the “,” in the end).
I need that the new string will be: “hi,all,I’m,glad”

How can I acheive it ?

Answer 1

Check for a . being the last character and remove it first

var str = "hi,all-I'm-glad. that you, can help,me. that-doesn't make any-sense, I know.";
if(str.charAt( str.length-1 ) == ".") {
   str = str.substring(0,str.length-1);
}
var chk = str.split(/[^a-z']+/i);
console.log(chk);