JavaScript: split doesn't work in IE???

Question

Is there a reason why the following piece of code doesn't work in IE? While with FF and other sane browsers it splits the string by the given expression, in IE it simply doesn't work.

var str = "abc<font id=\"something\">def</font>gh";
alert(str.split(/(\<.*?\>|.)/).length);

Thank you.

Answer 1

Perhaps this page is of use:

http://blog.stevenlevithan.com/archives/cross-browser-split

Answer 2

Hi,

Maybe you should use the RegExp object like the second example of http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/h6e2eb7w%28VS.85%29.aspx.

Regards.