---
title: splitLines
tags: string,regexp,beginner
firstSeen: 2017-12-29T12:58:58+02:00
lastUpdated: 2020-10-22T20:24:30+03:00
---

Splits a multiline string into an array of lines.

- Use `String.prototype.split()` and a regular expression to match line breaks and create an array.

```js
const splitLines = str => str.split(/\r?\n/);
```

```js
splitLines('This\nis a\nmultiline\nstring.\n');
// ['This', 'is a', 'multiline', 'string.' , '']
```