From 00c3ff7a72922b0efdce4ff955017f216e8d7db5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Angelos Chalaris Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2017 11:19:07 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Update stringToArrayOfWords.md --- snippets/stringToArrayOfWords.md | 8 ++++---- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/snippets/stringToArrayOfWords.md b/snippets/stringToArrayOfWords.md index 885216a58..0630fe08a 100644 --- a/snippets/stringToArrayOfWords.md +++ b/snippets/stringToArrayOfWords.md @@ -1,12 +1,12 @@ ### stringToArrayOfWords -Converts a given string into an array of words +Converts a given string into an array of words. -Use String.split with a supplied pattern(defaults to non alpha as a regex) to convert to an Array of Strings and then filter to remove any empty strings. +Use `String.split()` with a supplied pattern (defaults to non alpha as a regex) to convert to an array of strings. Use `Array.filter()` to remove any empty strings. +Omit the second argument to use the default regex. ```js -const stringToArrayOfWords = (str, pattern = /[^a-zA-Z-]+/) => str.split(pattern).filter(Boolean) - +const stringToArrayOfWords = (str, pattern = /[^a-zA-Z-]+/) => str.split(pattern).filter(Boolean); // stringToArrayOfWords("I love javaScript!!") -> ["I", "love", "javaScript"] // stringToArrayOfWords("python, javaScript & coffee") -> ["python", "javaScript", "coffee"] ```