How in node to split string by newline ('\n')?

Question

How in node to split string by newline (\'\\n\') ? I have simple string like var a = \"test.js\\nagain.js\" and I need to get [\"test.js\", \"again.js\"]<

Answer 1

Try splitting on a regex like /\r?\n/ to be usable by both Windows and UNIX systems.

> "a\nb\r\nc".split(/\r?\n/)
[ 'a', 'b', 'c' ]