Split a string based on multiple delimiters

Question

I was trying to split a string based on multiple delimiters by referring How split a string in jquery with multiple strings as separator

Since multiple delimiters I

Answer 1

The following would be an easier way of accomplishing the same thing.

var tokens = x.split(new RegExp('[-+()*/:? ]', 'g'));​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

Note that - must come first (or be escaped), otherwise it will think it is the range operator (e.g. a-z)