How to split a multiline string into lines without taking into account the newline in the line itself?
My approach is not working:
const str = `
Hello
World\t
its\nbeautiful
`;
JSON.stringify(str).split(/$\\n/g)
What is the result of this approach:
[""", "Hello", "World\t", "its", "beautiful", """]
What result is needed in the end:
[""", "Hello", "World\t", "its\nbeautiful"]
Since \n is the character that marks new lines, just like a normal new line, there is no way for javascript to differenciate between \n and \n.
An idea for your "special" new lines could be to escape that \n with another \ so you would end up with
const str = `
Hello
World\t
its\\nbeautiful
`;
str.split("\n");
The result would be this:
['', 'Hello', 'World\t', 'its\\nbeautiful', '']