How do I split a string by whitespace and ignoring leading and trailing whitespace into an array of words using a regular expression?

Question

I typically use the following code in JavaScript to split a string by whitespace.

\"The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.\".split(/\\s+/);
// [\"The\"         


        

Answer 1

Instead of splitting at whitespace sequences, you could match any non-whitespace sequences:

"  The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. ".match(/\S+/g)