How do I split a string with multiple separators in javascript?

Question

How do I split a string with multiple separators in JavaScript? I\'m trying to split on both commas and spaces but, AFAIK, JS\'s split function only supports one separator.

Answer 1

Here is a new way to achieving same in ES6:

function SplitByString(source, splitBy) {
  var splitter = splitBy.split('');
  splitter.push([source]); //Push initial value

  return splitter.reduceRight(function(accumulator, curValue) {
    var k = [];
    accumulator.forEach(v => k = [...k, ...v.split(curValue)]);
    return k;
  });
}

var source = "abc,def#hijk*lmn,opq#rst*uvw,xyz";
var splitBy = ",*#";
console.log(SplitByString(source, splitBy));

Please note in this function:

• No Regex involved
• Returns splitted value in same order as it appears in source

Result of above code would be: