Question

Thanks for looking!

Using JavaScript, how do I split a string using a whole word as the delimiter? Example:

var myString = "Apples foo Bananas foo Grapes foo Oranges";
var myArray = myString.split(" foo ");

//myArray now equals ["Apples","Bananas","Grapes","Oranges"].

Thanks in advance.

UPDATE

Terribly sorry all, I had an unrelated error that was preventing this from working before. How do I close this question??

Answer 1

… just like you’ve shown?

> "Apples foo Bananas foo Grapes foo Oranges".split(" foo ")
["Apples", "Bananas", "Grapes", "Oranges"]

You could also use a regular expression as the delimiter:

> "Apples foo Bananas foo Grapes foo Oranges".split(/ *foo */)
["Apples", "Bananas", "Grapes", "Oranges"]