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Asked: 2026-06-07T22:23:26+00:00

In JavaScript, how would I get [‘John Smith’, ‘Jane Doe’] from John Smith –

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In JavaScript, how would I get ['John Smith', 'Jane Doe'] from "John Smith - Jane Doe" where - can be any separator (\ / , + * : ;) and so on, using regex ?
Using new RegExp('[a-zA-Z]+[^\/|\-|\*|\+]', 'g') will just give me ["John ", "Smith ", "Jane ", "Doe"]

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    Try this, no regex:

    var arr = str.split(' - ')

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    Multiple separators:

    var arr = str.split(/ [-*+,] /)
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