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

You don't need fancy regular expressions for this.

s="bibendum, morbi, non, quam (nec, dui, luctus), rutrum, nulla" 
var current='';
var parenthesis=0;
for(var i=0, l=s.length; i 0){ 
    parenthesis--;
    current=current+')';
  }else if(s[i] ===',' && parenthesis == 0){
    console.log(current);current=''
  }else{
    current=current+s[i];
  }   
}
if(current !== ''){
  console.log(current);
}

Change console.log for an array concatenation or what ever you want.