Split First name and Last name using javascript

Question

I have a user with a name Paul Steve Panakkal. It\'s a long name it won\'t fit to the div container. So is there anyway to split first name and lastname fro

Answer 1

Yes:

var fullName = "Paul Steve Panakkal".split(' '),
    firstName = fullName[0],
    lastName = fullName[fullName.length - 1];

References:

• string.split().