Split String in Javascript but keep delimiter /

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var string = 'Animation/rawr/javascript.js'

//expected output 
// ['Animation/', 'rawr/', 'javascript.js']

I'm having trouble splitting this string properly. Can I get some help on this?

string.split(/(/)/)

Possible duplicate of JS string.split() without removing the delimiters — Anderson Green
– Anderson Green, Commented Apr 26, 2018 at 0:39

Web_Designer · Accepted Answer · 2017-02-17 18:25:12Z

9

You can do it with a regular expression using ''.match() instead of split:

var str = 'Animation/rawr/javascript.js';
var tokens = str.match(/[^\/]+\/?|\//g);

The first part [^\/]+\/? matches as many non forward slashes it can optionally followed by a /. The second part \/ (after the or: |) matches a lone forward slash.

edited Feb 17, 2017 at 18:25

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John · Accepted Answer · 2016-04-07 02:09:36Z

-1

If you want to split it, you have to add the "/"
afterwards. But the more efficient way would be a regex.

Split and add "/" afterwards:

var string = 'Animation/rawr/javascript.js';
var arr = string.split("/");

arr.forEach(function(e, i, a) {
  a[--i] += "/";
});

document.write(JSON.stringify(arr));

edited Apr 7, 2016 at 2:09

answered Apr 7, 2016 at 1:33

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