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

A solution that works with all possible line endings including mixed ones and keeping empty lines as well can be achieved using two replaces and one split as follows

text.replace(/\r\n/g, "\r").replace(/\n/g, "\r").split(/\r/);

some code to test it

  var CR = "\x0D";  //   \r
  var LF = "\x0A";  //   \n

  var mixedfile = "00" + CR + LF +            // 1 x win
                  "01" + LF +                 // 1 x linux
                  "02" + CR +                 // 1 x old mac
                  "03" + CR + CR +            // 2 x old mac
                  "05" + LF + LF +            // 2 x linux
                  "07" + CR + LF + CR + LF +  // 2 x win
                  "09";

  function showarr (desc, arr)
  {
     console.log ("// ----- " + desc);
     for (var ii in arr)
        console.log (ii + ") [" + arr[ii] +  "] (len = " + arr[ii].length + ")");
  }

  showarr ("using 2 replace + 1 split", 
           mixedfile.replace(/\r\n/g, "\r").replace(/\n/g, "\r").split(/\r/));

and the output

  // ----- using 2 replace + 1 split
  0) [00] (len = 2)
  1) [01] (len = 2)
  2) [02] (len = 2)
  3) [03] (len = 2)
  4) [] (len = 0)
  5) [05] (len = 2)
  6) [] (len = 0)
  7) [07] (len = 2)
  8) [] (len = 0)
  9) [09] (len = 2)