JavaScript String.prototype.split() with "limit" parameter
July 10, 2021
Definition
A non-negative integer specifying a limit on the number of substrings to be included in the array. If provided, splits the string at each occurrence of the specified separator, but stops when limit entries have been placed in the array. Any leftover text is not included in the array at all.
- The array may contain fewer entries than
limitif the end of the string is reached before the limit is reached. - If
limitis 0, [] is returned.
Syntax
split(separator)
split(separator, limit)Example
const str = "today is a good day right?";
str.split(" "); // ["today", "is", "a", "good", "day", "right?"]
str.split(" ", 4); // ["today", "is", "a", "good"]Reference
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/String/split