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 Converts a given string into an array of words
 
-Use `String.split` to convert the string to an array.
+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.
 
 ```js
 const stringToArrayOfWords = (str, pattern = /[\W_]+/) => str.split(pattern).filter(Boolean)