Javascript - split string dynamically

Question

I am trying to use javascript or angularjs to make a table header titles return the words in parentheses on their own line. Therefore for instance

abcdefg (x yz)

, should make the title look like this:

abcdefg 
(x yz)

I tried to split on parentheses but this returns every word separated and then i would need to reconstruct the string into 2 parts.

If always in the given format, you should split on the first space. — SedJ601, Nov 02 '17 at 15:36
You mean `"abdefg (x yz)".split('(').join('
(')`? Although that might create problems with more than 1 `(` sign — Icepickle, Nov 02 '17 at 15:36
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/10272773/split-string-on-the-first-white-space-occurrence — SedJ601, Nov 02 '17 at 15:38
@Icepickle so thanks for the answer. however it returns this `abc (x yz)` — uniXVanXcel, Nov 02 '17 at 16:02

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 02 '17 at 16:03

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This is doing the job:

var test = [
    "abcdefg x yz",
    "abcdefg (x yz)",
];
console.log(test.map(function (a) {
  return a.replace(/(?=\()/, '<br>');
}));

Where (?=\() is a positive lookahead, a zero-length assertion that makes sure we have an open parenthesis. The replacement is made just before this parenthesis.

answered Nov 02 '17 at 16:03

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thanks for your answer, this is what I get though as result on the screen: abc (x yz) – uniXVanXcel Nov 02 '17 at 16:07

Javascript - split string dynamically

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