I have a string that I wish to split using multiple separators (including a string separator which I can't find much information on)
I wish to split the string on occurrences of / and the string AGL but that the moment when I print out the array array[0] I just get L. Quotes around the string AGL don't seem to make a difference.
str = "LLF ABC TEMP / HERE / RET / UP TP 12F AGL PLACENAME VALUES / AVM / ABC / PPP / END"
var array = [];
array = str.split(/(AGL|\/|)/g);
So at the end my array should have 9 items.
LLF ABC TEMP
HERE
RET
UP TP 12F
PLACENAME VALUES
AVM
ABC
PPP
END
Thank you.
You can use
str = "LLF ABC TEMP / HERE / RET / UP TP 12F AGL PLACENAME VALUES / AVM / ABC / PPP / END"
var array = str.split(/\s*(?:AGL|\/)\s*/);
console.log(array);Note you do not need /g flag with .split, it is the default behavior.
The \s*(?:AGL|\/)\s* regex matches
\s* - zero or more whitespaces(?:AGL|\/) - a non-capturing group (so that its value could not land in the resulting array) matching either AGL or /\s* - zero or more whitespaces.I think this is what you were trying to do, was a little tricky, since you need to use the lookbehind group:
str = "LLF ABC TEMP / HERE / RET / UP TP 12F AGL PLACENAME VALUES / AVM / ABC / PPP / END"
var array = [];
array = str.match(/(\b(AGL)|(\w+([^\/])(?!(AGL)))+\b)/g);
console.log(array)If this isn't exactly what you were looking for, see: regexr.com/66jhd It's a great little web tool for testing regex.