从字符串中取出单词并转换为数组

Question

Seems simple enough but I can't find an answer on Stack that has a good solution. Feel free to point me in the right direction.

The regex should allow me to do a javascript split to convert a string into an array. The basic test is that:

test1 test2, tes-t3; t"e's-----4.      test5

should be split into an array that contains:

[test1, test2, tes-t3, t"e's-----4, test5]

Best way to achieve this?

Answer 1

Use String.split(/[\\s,;.]+/) :

var s = 'test1 test2, tes-t3; t"e\'s-----4.      test5';
s.split(/[\s,;.]+/)
=> ["test1", "test2", "tes-t3", "t"e's-----4", "test5"]

or String.match(/[-'"\\w]+/g) :

s.match(/[-'"\w]+/g)
=> ["test1", "test2", "tes-t3", "t"e's-----4", "test5"]

Answer 2

try this also, "test1 test2, tes-t3; t\\"e's-----4. test5".split(/\\s+|[,.;]\\s*/);