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Richard
Richard

Reputation: 7443

Split by space, but get newline as a separate entity

How can I split by space on sentences, but preserve newline (\n) character as a separate word?

Input:

I am a sentence.\nBefore me, there is a newline. I would like this sentence to be the following:\n\n Look below

Output:

Array: ['I', 'am', 'a', 'sentence.', '\n', 'Before', 'me,', 'there', 'is', 'a', 'newline.', 'I', 'would', 'like', 'this', 'sentence', 'to', 'be', 'the', 'following:', '\n', '\n', 'Look', 'below'

Upvotes: 0

Views: 38

Answers (2)

Mamun
Mamun

Reputation: 68933

You can try the following way:

var str = `I am a sentence.\nBefore me, there is a newline. I would like this sentence to be the following:\nLook below`;

var res = str.split(/ |(\n)/g).filter(i => i);
console.log(res);

Upvotes: 1

Roberto Zvjerković
Roberto Zvjerković

Reputation: 10157

You could add spaces after and before the newline:

const newString = oldString.replace(/\n/g, ' \n ');

And then split by spaces:

const result = newString.split(' ');

Upvotes: 2

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