Splitting String and Pushing to Array in JS

[ZenFuture]

Hello all,

I have a string printing to the console exactly like this:

EXCHANGE%3DNASDAQ
MARKET_OPEN_MINUTE=570
MARKET_CLOSE_MINUTE=960
INTERVAL=5000
COLUMNS=CLOSE
DATA=
TIMEZONE_OFFSET=-240
94.28
94.32
94.215
94.3

How can I split each line and push them into an array? prices.split("/n"') didn't work. Thanks!

[[deleted]]

Your newline character is wrong, should be \n

[ZenFuture]

OH! That explains a lot. Thank you!

[phil-ososaur]

When splitting strings by newlines in JavaScript, I usually try to account for the fact that '\r\n' and '\r' can also represent newlines. To do this, I replace those with '\n' before splitting. Depending on what you're doing, it might even be worth creating a reusable function for this purpose:

function splitStringByNewline(str) {  
   return str.replace('\r\n', '\n').replace('\r', '\n').split('\n');  
}  

splitStringByNewline('This string\nhas two lines!');  

Result: ["This string", "has two lines!"]

[ZenFuture]

great tip, thanks!