How to split string while ignoring portion in parentheses?

Question

I have a string that I want to split into an array by using the commas as delimiters. I do not want the portions of the string that is between parentheses to be split thoug

Answer 1

Instead of focusing on what you do not want it's often easier to express as a regular expression what you want, and to match that with a global regex:

var str = "bibendum, morbi, non, quam (nec, dui, luctus), rutrum, nulla";
str.match(/[^,]+(?:\(+*?\))?/g) // the simple one
str.match(/[^,\s]+(?:\s+\([^)]*\))?/g) // not matching whitespaces