diff --git a/snippets/stringToArrayOfWords.md b/snippets/stringToArrayOfWords.md
index 2749a6869..f0c5f149b 100644
--- a/snippets/stringToArrayOfWords.md
+++ b/snippets/stringToArrayOfWords.md
@@ -2,13 +2,10 @@
 
 Converts a given string into an array of words
 
-First create an array of dirt that you want to remove from the string. Then replace each dirt with an empty string. Use `String.split(/[\W_]+/)` to convert the string to an array with the use of regex.
+Use `String.split(/[\W_]+/)` to convert the string to an array with the use of regex.
 
 ```js
-const stringToArrayOfWords = str => {
-	[".", ",", "?", "!", "& ", "(", ")", "[", "]"].map(d => str = str.split(d).join(""));
-	return str.split(/[\W_]+/);
-}
+const stringToArrayOfWords = (str, pattern = /[\W_]+/) => str.split(pattern).filter(Boolean)
 
 // stringToArrayOfWords("I love javaScript!!") -> ["I", "love", "javaScript"]
 // stringToArrayOfWords("python, javaScript & coffee") -> ["python", "javaScript", "coffee"]