string-split-by

Split string by a separator with respect to brackets, quotes and escape markers. Optimized version of string-split.

Usage

var split = require('string-split-by')

split('a."b.c".d.{.e.f.g.}.h', '.')
// ['a', '"b.c"', 'd', '{.e.f.g.}', 'h']

split('a."b.c".d.{.e.f.g.}.h', '.', {ignore: '""'})
// ['a', '"b.c"', 'd', '{', 'e', 'f', 'g', '}', 'h']

API

parts = splitBy(string, separator, options?)

Return array with parts split from string by a separator, which can be whether String or RegExp. Options can define:

Option	Default	Meaning
`ignore`	['"', "'", '`', '“”', '«»', '[]', '()', '{}']	Avoid splitting content enclosed in the character pairs. Can be a string or a list of strings.
`escape`	`true`	Avoid splitting at the escaped separator, eg. `\.` won't be separated by `'.'` separator.

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License

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1.0.0 ... latest (7 years ago)

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1.0.0 ... 7 years ago