Split string into array based on delimiters, using Regex?

Question

I am trying to split the following string:

s = "Whyy noot this thing? Noot!"

into an array using the following delimiters:

delimiters = [
    ' ',
    '?',
    '!'
];

I believe that I can use this type of expression:

var array = string.split();

and that I can use RegEx.

But I don't know what to write between the parentheses in split().

As the documentation for `split` says, you put a regexp which matches whatever you want to use as a delimiter. If you want to use two things as a delimiter, in other words to have regexp which matches any of two things, then as the documentation for regexp says, you use the alternation operator (`|`), or a character class (`[]`). Where were you having a problem? — , Mar 09 '16 at 15:59

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 09 '16 at 15:54

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You can use a RegExp to achieve that.

var str = "Whyy noot this thing? Noot!";
var arr = str.split(/[\s\?!]+/);

answered Mar 09 '16 at 15:54

jherax

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No need to escape the `?`. – Mar 09 '16 at 15:57
According to http://regexr.com/ is not necessary. It is a rule of mine always escape special characters in RegExp. – jherax Mar 09 '16 at 15:59
Would you mind to modify your answer so that /[\s\?!]+/ is set in the variable delimiters with comments showing which characters represent ?, ! and space, and then pass that into the split method. – user1283776 Mar 09 '16 at 16:07
The answer have the reference to MDN documentation for [RegExp](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/RegExp#Special_characters_meaning_in_regular_expressions), you can dig into the page. – jherax Mar 09 '16 at 20:27

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