CODEWITHSUNDEEP
javascriptregex
WHITECOLOR
WHITECOLOR

Reputation: 26132

Javascript RegEx: extract words and separators in sequential array

How in JavaScript to parse string and extract only words, but leave int the resulting array the other text parts that separate words.

"  This is - a string.  With two  and one spaces!"

to:

['  ', 'This', ' - ', 'a', ' ', 'string', '.  ', 'With']

Upvotes: 0

Views: 274

Answers (1)

ruakh
ruakh

Reputation: 183271

You can write:

var resultArray = origString.split(/\b/);

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Upvotes: 4

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