Javascript split sentence only by first concurrence

-4

I need to split a sentence, but only by a first concurrence. For ex:

"hello my dear hello blah blah".split('ello')

Expected result:

["h", "o my dear hello blah blah"]

asked Nov 20 '18 at 12:23

gizmo

666

1

Where's the code?

– squeekyDave
Nov 20 '18 at 12:24

2

Possible duplicate of Split string once in javascript?

– Luca Kiebel
Nov 20 '18 at 12:26

build your solution arround String.prototype.indexOf

– mistahenry
Nov 20 '18 at 12:26

1

@Ivar. It was by mistake. stackoverflow.com/questions/2878703/…

– Karan
Nov 20 '18 at 12:32

add a comment |

-4

I need to split a sentence, but only by a first concurrence. For ex:

"hello my dear hello blah blah".split('ello')

Expected result:

["h", "o my dear hello blah blah"]

asked Nov 20 '18 at 12:23

gizmo

666

1

Where's the code?

– squeekyDave
Nov 20 '18 at 12:24

2

Possible duplicate of Split string once in javascript?

– Luca Kiebel
Nov 20 '18 at 12:26

build your solution arround String.prototype.indexOf

– mistahenry
Nov 20 '18 at 12:26

1

@Ivar. It was by mistake. stackoverflow.com/questions/2878703/…

– Karan
Nov 20 '18 at 12:32

add a comment |

-4

I need to split a sentence, but only by a first concurrence. For ex:

"hello my dear hello blah blah".split('ello')

Expected result:

["h", "o my dear hello blah blah"]

asked Nov 20 '18 at 12:23

gizmo

666

I need to split a sentence, but only by a first concurrence. For ex:

"hello my dear hello blah blah".split('ello')

Expected result:

["h", "o my dear hello blah blah"]

javascript

asked Nov 20 '18 at 12:23

gizmo

666

asked Nov 20 '18 at 12:23

gizmo

666

asked Nov 20 '18 at 12:23

gizmo

666

asked Nov 20 '18 at 12:23

gizmo

666

asked Nov 20 '18 at 12:23

gizmo

666

1

Where's the code?

– squeekyDave
Nov 20 '18 at 12:24

2

Possible duplicate of Split string once in javascript?

– Luca Kiebel
Nov 20 '18 at 12:26

build your solution arround String.prototype.indexOf

– mistahenry
Nov 20 '18 at 12:26

1

@Ivar. It was by mistake. stackoverflow.com/questions/2878703/…

– Karan
Nov 20 '18 at 12:32

add a comment |

1

Where's the code?

– squeekyDave
Nov 20 '18 at 12:24

2

Possible duplicate of Split string once in javascript?

– Luca Kiebel
Nov 20 '18 at 12:26

build your solution arround String.prototype.indexOf

– mistahenry
Nov 20 '18 at 12:26

1

@Ivar. It was by mistake. stackoverflow.com/questions/2878703/…

– Karan
Nov 20 '18 at 12:32

Where's the code?

– squeekyDave
Nov 20 '18 at 12:24

Possible duplicate of Split string once in javascript?

– Luca Kiebel
Nov 20 '18 at 12:26

build your solution arround String.prototype.indexOf

– mistahenry
Nov 20 '18 at 12:26

@Ivar. It was by mistake. stackoverflow.com/questions/2878703/…

– Karan
Nov 20 '18 at 12:32

add a comment |

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You could match ell with a non greedy search and take only the groups left and right from it.

String#split does not work here, because it works global for the string.

console.log("hello my dear hello blah blah".match(/^(.*?)ell(.*)$/).slice(1));

Using a variable (mind special characters!) and a RegExp constructor.

var string = 'ell',

    regexp = new RegExp('^(.*?)' + string + '(.*)$');



console.log("hello my dear hello blah blah".match(regexp).slice(1));

edited Nov 20 '18 at 12:31

answered Nov 20 '18 at 12:28

Nina Scholz

180k1493160

Thats exactly I needed. Could you please tell one more thing - how to pass a variable instead of ell?

– gizmo
Nov 20 '18 at 12:29

@gizmo are you kidding? :/

– sjahan
Nov 20 '18 at 12:30

1

Oh I must use a RegExp constructor... I thought its possible just with useual expression (if that supposed to called expression)

– gizmo
Nov 20 '18 at 12:33

1

that's wha i wrote "mind special characters!". + is a quantifier in regular expression. to quote it, you need to add a backslash in front of it, like +.

– Nina Scholz
Nov 20 '18 at 12:52

1

That's correct, because your search is becoming a part of the regular expression, and + is a regular expression, so you'd have to escape it like so \+ell

– AnonymousSB
Nov 20 '18 at 12:52

|
show 9 more comments

You can look for the first index of the occurance of your search string, then split the original on that index, like so:

const sentence = "hello my dear hello blah blah"

const searchValue = 'ell';

const index = sentence.indexOf(searchValue);

const result= 

result.push(sentence.slice(0, index));

result.push(sentence.slice(index+ searchValue.length));

// result = ["h", "o my dear hello blah blah"]

edited Nov 20 '18 at 12:31

answered Nov 20 '18 at 12:26

Teun van der Wijst

570315

add a comment |

Replace with something that will not be in the string, and split by it :

console.log( "hello my dear hello blah blah".replace('ello', '').split('') )

answered Nov 20 '18 at 13:14

Slai

15.3k32235

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You could match ell with a non greedy search and take only the groups left and right from it.

String#split does not work here, because it works global for the string.

console.log("hello my dear hello blah blah".match(/^(.*?)ell(.*)$/).slice(1));

Using a variable (mind special characters!) and a RegExp constructor.

var string = 'ell',

    regexp = new RegExp('^(.*?)' + string + '(.*)$');



console.log("hello my dear hello blah blah".match(regexp).slice(1));

edited Nov 20 '18 at 12:31

answered Nov 20 '18 at 12:28

Nina Scholz

180k1493160

Thats exactly I needed. Could you please tell one more thing - how to pass a variable instead of ell?

– gizmo
Nov 20 '18 at 12:29

@gizmo are you kidding? :/

– sjahan
Nov 20 '18 at 12:30

1

Oh I must use a RegExp constructor... I thought its possible just with useual expression (if that supposed to called expression)

– gizmo
Nov 20 '18 at 12:33

1

that's wha i wrote "mind special characters!". + is a quantifier in regular expression. to quote it, you need to add a backslash in front of it, like +.

– Nina Scholz
Nov 20 '18 at 12:52

1

That's correct, because your search is becoming a part of the regular expression, and + is a regular expression, so you'd have to escape it like so \+ell

– AnonymousSB
Nov 20 '18 at 12:52

|
show 9 more comments

You could match ell with a non greedy search and take only the groups left and right from it.

String#split does not work here, because it works global for the string.

console.log("hello my dear hello blah blah".match(/^(.*?)ell(.*)$/).slice(1));

Using a variable (mind special characters!) and a RegExp constructor.

var string = 'ell',

    regexp = new RegExp('^(.*?)' + string + '(.*)$');



console.log("hello my dear hello blah blah".match(regexp).slice(1));

edited Nov 20 '18 at 12:31

answered Nov 20 '18 at 12:28

Nina Scholz

180k1493160

Thats exactly I needed. Could you please tell one more thing - how to pass a variable instead of ell?

– gizmo
Nov 20 '18 at 12:29

@gizmo are you kidding? :/

– sjahan
Nov 20 '18 at 12:30

1

Oh I must use a RegExp constructor... I thought its possible just with useual expression (if that supposed to called expression)

– gizmo
Nov 20 '18 at 12:33

1

that's wha i wrote "mind special characters!". + is a quantifier in regular expression. to quote it, you need to add a backslash in front of it, like +.

– Nina Scholz
Nov 20 '18 at 12:52

1

That's correct, because your search is becoming a part of the regular expression, and + is a regular expression, so you'd have to escape it like so \+ell

– AnonymousSB
Nov 20 '18 at 12:52

|
show 9 more comments

You could match ell with a non greedy search and take only the groups left and right from it.

String#split does not work here, because it works global for the string.

console.log("hello my dear hello blah blah".match(/^(.*?)ell(.*)$/).slice(1));

Using a variable (mind special characters!) and a RegExp constructor.

var string = 'ell',

    regexp = new RegExp('^(.*?)' + string + '(.*)$');



console.log("hello my dear hello blah blah".match(regexp).slice(1));

edited Nov 20 '18 at 12:31

answered Nov 20 '18 at 12:28

Nina Scholz

180k1493160

You could match ell with a non greedy search and take only the groups left and right from it.

String#split does not work here, because it works global for the string.

console.log("hello my dear hello blah blah".match(/^(.*?)ell(.*)$/).slice(1));

Using a variable (mind special characters!) and a RegExp constructor.

var string = 'ell',

    regexp = new RegExp('^(.*?)' + string + '(.*)$');



console.log("hello my dear hello blah blah".match(regexp).slice(1));

console.log("hello my dear hello blah blah".match(/^(.*?)ell(.*)$/).slice(1));

console.log("hello my dear hello blah blah".match(/^(.*?)ell(.*)$/).slice(1));

var string = 'ell',

    regexp = new RegExp('^(.*?)' + string + '(.*)$');



console.log("hello my dear hello blah blah".match(regexp).slice(1));

var string = 'ell',

    regexp = new RegExp('^(.*?)' + string + '(.*)$');



console.log("hello my dear hello blah blah".match(regexp).slice(1));

edited Nov 20 '18 at 12:31

answered Nov 20 '18 at 12:28

Nina Scholz

180k1493160

edited Nov 20 '18 at 12:31

answered Nov 20 '18 at 12:28

Nina Scholz

180k1493160

answered Nov 20 '18 at 12:28

Nina Scholz

180k1493160

answered Nov 20 '18 at 12:28

Nina Scholz

180k1493160

Thats exactly I needed. Could you please tell one more thing - how to pass a variable instead of ell?

– gizmo
Nov 20 '18 at 12:29

@gizmo are you kidding? :/

– sjahan
Nov 20 '18 at 12:30

1

Oh I must use a RegExp constructor... I thought its possible just with useual expression (if that supposed to called expression)

– gizmo
Nov 20 '18 at 12:33

1

that's wha i wrote "mind special characters!". + is a quantifier in regular expression. to quote it, you need to add a backslash in front of it, like +.

– Nina Scholz
Nov 20 '18 at 12:52

1

That's correct, because your search is becoming a part of the regular expression, and + is a regular expression, so you'd have to escape it like so \+ell

– AnonymousSB
Nov 20 '18 at 12:52

|
show 9 more comments

Thats exactly I needed. Could you please tell one more thing - how to pass a variable instead of ell?

– gizmo
Nov 20 '18 at 12:29

@gizmo are you kidding? :/

– sjahan
Nov 20 '18 at 12:30

1

Oh I must use a RegExp constructor... I thought its possible just with useual expression (if that supposed to called expression)

– gizmo
Nov 20 '18 at 12:33

1

that's wha i wrote "mind special characters!". + is a quantifier in regular expression. to quote it, you need to add a backslash in front of it, like +.

– Nina Scholz
Nov 20 '18 at 12:52

1

That's correct, because your search is becoming a part of the regular expression, and + is a regular expression, so you'd have to escape it like so \+ell

– AnonymousSB
Nov 20 '18 at 12:52

Thats exactly I needed. Could you please tell one more thing - how to pass a variable instead of ell?

– gizmo
Nov 20 '18 at 12:29

@gizmo are you kidding? :/

– sjahan
Nov 20 '18 at 12:30

Oh I must use a RegExp constructor... I thought its possible just with useual expression (if that supposed to called expression)

– gizmo
Nov 20 '18 at 12:33

that's wha i wrote "mind special characters!". + is a quantifier in regular expression. to quote it, you need to add a backslash in front of it, like +.

– Nina Scholz
Nov 20 '18 at 12:52

That's correct, because your search is becoming a part of the regular expression, and + is a regular expression, so you'd have to escape it like so \+ell

– AnonymousSB
Nov 20 '18 at 12:52

|
show 9 more comments

You can look for the first index of the occurance of your search string, then split the original on that index, like so:

const sentence = "hello my dear hello blah blah"

const searchValue = 'ell';

const index = sentence.indexOf(searchValue);

const result= 

result.push(sentence.slice(0, index));

result.push(sentence.slice(index+ searchValue.length));

// result = ["h", "o my dear hello blah blah"]

edited Nov 20 '18 at 12:31

answered Nov 20 '18 at 12:26

Teun van der Wijst

570315

add a comment |

You can look for the first index of the occurance of your search string, then split the original on that index, like so:

const sentence = "hello my dear hello blah blah"

const searchValue = 'ell';

const index = sentence.indexOf(searchValue);

const result= 

result.push(sentence.slice(0, index));

result.push(sentence.slice(index+ searchValue.length));

// result = ["h", "o my dear hello blah blah"]

edited Nov 20 '18 at 12:31

answered Nov 20 '18 at 12:26

Teun van der Wijst

570315

add a comment |

You can look for the first index of the occurance of your search string, then split the original on that index, like so:

const sentence = "hello my dear hello blah blah"

const searchValue = 'ell';

const index = sentence.indexOf(searchValue);

const result= 

result.push(sentence.slice(0, index));

result.push(sentence.slice(index+ searchValue.length));

// result = ["h", "o my dear hello blah blah"]

edited Nov 20 '18 at 12:31

answered Nov 20 '18 at 12:26

Teun van der Wijst

570315

You can look for the first index of the occurance of your search string, then split the original on that index, like so:

const sentence = "hello my dear hello blah blah"

const searchValue = 'ell';

const index = sentence.indexOf(searchValue);

const result= 

result.push(sentence.slice(0, index));

result.push(sentence.slice(index+ searchValue.length));

// result = ["h", "o my dear hello blah blah"]

edited Nov 20 '18 at 12:31

answered Nov 20 '18 at 12:26

Teun van der Wijst

570315

edited Nov 20 '18 at 12:31

answered Nov 20 '18 at 12:26

Teun van der Wijst

570315

answered Nov 20 '18 at 12:26

Teun van der Wijst

570315

answered Nov 20 '18 at 12:26

Teun van der Wijst

570315

add a comment |

Replace with something that will not be in the string, and split by it :

console.log( "hello my dear hello blah blah".replace('ello', '').split('') )

answered Nov 20 '18 at 13:14

Slai

15.3k32235

add a comment |

Replace with something that will not be in the string, and split by it :

console.log( "hello my dear hello blah blah".replace('ello', '').split('') )

answered Nov 20 '18 at 13:14

Slai

15.3k32235

add a comment |

Replace with something that will not be in the string, and split by it :

console.log( "hello my dear hello blah blah".replace('ello', '').split('') )

answered Nov 20 '18 at 13:14

Slai

15.3k32235

Replace with something that will not be in the string, and split by it :

console.log( "hello my dear hello blah blah".replace('ello', '').split('') )

console.log( "hello my dear hello blah blah".replace('ello', '').split('') )

console.log( "hello my dear hello blah blah".replace('ello', '').split('') )

answered Nov 20 '18 at 13:14

Slai

15.3k32235

answered Nov 20 '18 at 13:14

Slai

15.3k32235

answered Nov 20 '18 at 13:14

Slai

15.3k32235

answered Nov 20 '18 at 13:14

Slai

15.3k32235

add a comment |

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