Node.js split() function

The split() function is a string function of Node.js which is used to split strings into sub-strings. This function returns the output in array form.

Syntax:

string.split( separator )

Parameters: This function accepts a single parameter separator which holds the character to split the string.

Return Value: The function returns the split string and generates an array as result.

The below programs demonstrate the working of the split() function:

Example 1:

javascript

function splitStr(str) {
    // Function to split string
    let string = str.split("*");
    console.log(string);
}

// Initialize string
const str = "Welcome*to*GeeksforGeeks";

// Function call
splitStr(str);

Output:

[ 'Welcome', 'to', 'GeeksforGeeks' ]

Example 2:

javascript

function splitStr(str, separator) {
    // Function to split string
    let string = str.split(separator);
    console.log(string);
}

// Initialize string
const str = "GeeksforGeeks/A/computer/science/portal";

const separator = "/";

// Function call
splitStr(str, separator);

Output:

[ 'GeeksforGeeks', 'A', 'computer', 'science', 'portal' ]