CoffeeScript splits the string

Split the string

Problem

You want to split a string.

Solution

Use the split() method of the JavaScript string:

"foo bar baz".split " "
# => [ 'foo', 'bar', 'baz' ]

Discuss

String's split() approach is the standard JavaScript method. C an be used to split strings based on any separator, including regular expressions. This method can also accept a second argument that specifies the number of substrings returned.

"foo-bar-baz".split "-"
# => [ 'foo', 'bar', 'baz' ]

"foo   bar  \t baz".split /\s+/
# => [ 'foo', 'bar', 'baz' ]

"the sun goes down and I sit on the old broken-down river pier".split " ", 2
# => [ 'the', 'sun' ]