如何在JavaScript中使用正则表达式按点，逗号和换行符分隔字符串，并删除空格？

Question

I have string like this:

what, be inclined to, hi . hello 
where

I want to split it like this:

["what","be inclined to","hi","hello","where"]

Currently I'm using this regex but It doesn't work like I want:

input_words.val().replace(/^\s*|\s*$/g, '').split(/\n|\s*,|\./);

Answer 1

split function alone would be enough. The below regex would split your input according to one or more commas or dots or newline characters along with the preceding or following zero or more spaces.

 var s = "what, be inclined to, hi . hello\\nwhere"; alert(s.split(/\\s*[,\\n.]+\\s*/)) 

Answer 2

var test ="what, be inclined to, hi . hello\nwhere";
var elements = test.split(/[,\n.\s+]+/) || [];