diff --git a/snippets/stringToArrayOfWords.md b/snippets/stringToArrayOfWords.md
index c54e2cec4..d0cea5793 100644
--- a/snippets/stringToArrayOfWords.md
+++ b/snippets/stringToArrayOfWords.md
@@ -5,9 +5,9 @@ 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(' ')` to conver the string to an array with the space as a delimiter.
 
 ```js
-const stringToArrayOfWords = str =>{
-	[".", ",", "?", "!", "& ", "(", ")", "[", "]"].map(d => str = str.replace(d, ""));
-	return str.split(" ");
+const stringToArrayOfWords = str => {
+	[".", ",", "?", "!", "& ", "(", ")", "[", "]"].map(d => str = str.split(d).join(""));
+	return str.split(/[\W_]+/);
 }
 
 // stringToArrayOfWords("I love javaScript!!") -> ["I", "love", "javaScript"]