Split string on newline and comma

Question

My input String is like

abc,def,wer,str

Currently its splitting only on comma but in future it will contain both comma and newline. Current code as below:

$scope.memArray = $scope.memberList.split(",");

In future I need to split on both comma and newline what should be the regex to split both on comma and newline. I tried - /,\n\ but its not working.

look at this http://stackoverflow.com/questions/650022/how-do-i-split-a-string-with-multiple-separators-in-javascript — RaniDevpr, Dec 16 '15 at 15:43

score 20 · Answer 1 · edited Dec 16 '15 at 16:11

20

You can use a regex:

var splitted = "a\nb,c,d,e\nf".split(/[\n,]/);
document.write(JSON.stringify(splitted));

Explanation: [...] defines a "character class", which means any character from those in the brackets.

_{p.s. splitted is grammatically incorrect. Who cares if it's descriptive though?}

edited Dec 16 '15 at 16:11

Selfish

answered Dec 16 '15 at 15:42

Merott

user5325596 · Accepted Answer · 2015-12-16T15:51:01.397

16

You could replace all the newlines with a comma before splitting.

$scope.memberList.replace(/\n/g, ",").split(",")

edited Dec 16 '15 at 15:51

answered Dec 16 '15 at 15:41

user5325596

This would only match the first occurrence of a new line. You'd have to do `.replace(/\n/g, ",")` to replace all occurrences – Merott Dec 16 '15 at 15:47
@Merott - excellent point – user5325596 Dec 16 '15 at 15:49
Thanks that wud also work !! – Bidisha Dec 16 '15 at 15:57
It should actually be `.replace(/\r?\n/g, ",")` to handle both unix/mac and windows new lines. – Hunter Web Apps Jun 19 '21 at 04:32

score 7 · Answer 3 · answered Dec 16 '15 at 15:42

7

Try

.split(/[\n,]+/)

this regex should work.

answered Dec 16 '15 at 15:42

alek kowalczyk

Yes that wud work but need atleast one or more comma or new line – Bidisha Dec 16 '15 at 15:58

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