Split string once in javascript?

Question

How can I split a string only once, i.e. make 1|Ceci n\'est pas une pipe: | Oui parse to: [\"1\", \"Ceci n\'est pas une pipe: | Oui\"]?

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Answer 1

You can use:

var splits = str.match(/([^|]*)\|(.*)/);
splits.shift();

The regex splits the string into two matching groups (parenthesized), the text preceding the first | and the text after. Then, we shift the result to get rid of the whole string match (splits[0]).