Convert array to string Javascript

Question

didn't find the solution in SPLIT function.. i was trying to convert a string into array.. String is like.

My name-- is ery and your-- is this

i just want to convert that string to array, and then print it out but while getting this '-- ' break the line too.

i have did that so far

function listToAray(fullString, separator) {
 var fullArray = [];
 if (fullString !== undefined) {
 if (fullString.indexOf(separator) == -1) {
 fullAray.push(fullString);
 } else {
 fullArray = fullString.split(separator);
 }
 }
 return fullArray;
}

but is for Comma separated words in string, but what i want is to just convert string to array and then print it out while breaking line on getiing '-- ' this is array Thanks in advance

• emerson.marini: The question title mentions the other way round.

Answer 1

seems to work :

text = "My name-- is ery and your-- is this";
function listToAray(fullString, separator) {
 var fullArray = [];
 if (fullString !== undefined) {
 if (fullString.indexOf(separator) == -1) {
 fullAray.push(fullString);
 } else {
 fullArray = fullString.split(separator);
 }
 }
 return fullArray;
}
console.log(listToAray(text,"--"));

console output:

["My name", " is ery and your", " is this"] 

what do you expect ?

• sergiomse: In fact, you can use only fullArray = fullString.split(separator); inside the if statement because if separator is not in the string the split function will convert the string into an array anyway

Answer 2

Why are you doing all that complicated stuff man? There is a .split() method that allows you to do that in a single line of code:

text = "My name-- is ery and your-- is this";
array = text.split('--');
> ["My name", " is ery and your", " is this"]

Now if you want to break line on -- then you can do the following:

text = "My name-- is ery and your-- is this";
list = text.replace(/\-\-/g, '\n');
console.log(list);
> "My name
 is ery and your
 is this"

Answer 3

You can use the split method:

var str = "My name-- is ery and your-- is this";
var res = str.split("--");
console.log(res);
// console output will be:
["My name", " is ery and your", " is this"]