Converting C# delimiters to javascript

Question

I have a silverlight application that i am converting to html5. I have this piece of code in c# that i am having trouble converting to javascript equivalent.

C#:

private const String DELIMITERS = @"(?=[,'\s])|(?<=[,'\s])";
string[] searchList = Regex.Split(MainTextArea.Text, DELIMITERS);

This is what i have tried in javascript but it's not splitting text.

javascript:

var searchList = $input.val().split("(?=[,'\\s])|(?<=[,'\\s])");

Thanks for any help in advance.

OK so what would be the solution? Is this possible in javascript? — Maxqueue
– Maxqueue, Commented Jul 20, 2016 at 20:47
Here's an answer that works around javascript not supporting lookbehinds. Also regular expressions are enclosed between / so you'll want to update your javascript to reflect $input.val().split(/(?=[,'\\s])/); — Jonathan Michalik
– Jonathan Michalik, Commented Jul 20, 2016 at 20:54
Could you replace each of the delimiters with a single delimiter and then split on that? — John Pasquet
– John Pasquet, Commented Jul 20, 2016 at 21:09

Maxqueue · Accepted Answer · 2016-07-21 15:09:36Z

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So the following ended up being the javascript equivalent:

$input.val().split(/([,'\s])+/);

Thanks for the helpful comments

answered Jul 21, 2016 at 15:09

Maxqueue

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