Re: problem with split method

Daniel Kirsch wrote:
Roy - Topup Communications wrote:
Hi, I have to check strings in a text area, there are spaces between each string and I used split method to sort the array. anyhow,it doesn't work with spaces, only with (,). how can i work it out?

Works for me:
alert("this is a test".split(" ").length)

If you want to recreate the string from the sorted array, use the array's join method and pass the character you want as parameter:

alert("this is a test".split(" ").sort().join(" "));

You may create a small function to do the job and some checkings:

function sortString(str,delimiter) {
if (typeof str != "string") return str;
if (typeof delimiter != "string") delimiter = " ";
return str.split(delimiter).sort().join(delimiter);
}

Daniel
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