30-seconds-of-code/snippets/stringToArrayOfWords.md

stringToArrayOfWords

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. Use Array.filter() to remove any empty strings. Omit the second argument to use the default regex.

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"]