How can I check if hyphen or @ exists in string and get it?-CodePudding

I have a string that is written in two formats . Either "bill - nick" or "bill @ nick".I want to get the two names from the string and store them in an array.I can try the split() function but I am looking for something dynamic no matter the divider the names have .

I would appreciate your help .

CodePudding user response：

The divider in split() can be a regular expression. So use a regular expression that matches both - and @.

function split_names(string) {
  return string.split(/\s*[-@]\s*/);
}

console.log(split_names("bill - nick"));
console.log(split_names("bill @ nick"));

CodePudding user response：

How about using match():

var input = "bill - nick";  // also works with "bill @ nick"
var names = input.match(/\w /g);
console.log(names);