JavaScript String method: split()
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The split() method (when applied to a JavaScript
string) returns
an array of substrings that are created by splitting the original string using
a given delimiter.
It
has the following syntax with the following parameters:
string.split(delimiter,limit)
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Parameter
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Required / Optional
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Description
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delimiter
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Optional
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Separator used to
delimit individual entries. If the delimiter is "" (i.e. an empty string) then the string is
split between each character. If the delimiter is not present then split does
not affect the original string
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limit
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Optional
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An integer specifying
maximum number of splits (items after the limit will not be included in
output array)
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