What is the best cross-browser practice to split spaces in a string with Javascript?
I tried theString.split(" ") but i am having issues with IE and Chrome/Safari.
Update
Here's the js code. IE/Chrome throw error at line: 61
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A:
To avoid having empty parts, split with the help of a regex:
var parts = theString.split(/ +/);
Optionally, trim string before splitting.
var parts = theString.replace(/^\s+|\s+$/g, "").split(/ +/);
Tomalak
2010-09-11 11:20:11
I'm still getting "Uncaught SyntaxError: Unexpected token ILLEGAL" in Chrome.
fuSi0N
2010-09-11 11:33:05
@fuSi0N: That's a syntax error somewhere else and has nothing to do with splitting a string.
Tomalak
2010-09-11 12:08:30
Definitely has something to do with split(). As soon as i remove the first split(), it throws the same error at line: 83. Any ideas?
fuSi0N
2010-09-11 13:47:45
@fuSi0N: You have a broken UTF-8 character in your .js file right between the `Date.split(/ +/)` and the `;`. If you are interested, open the .js file in a hex editor and see for yourself. To fix it, just delete the entire line and rewrite it from scratch, instead of copy/pasting it from the clipboard all the time.
Tomalak
2010-09-11 14:30:32