Symbol.split

The Symbol.split well-known symbol specifies the method that splits a string at the indices that match a regular expression. This function is called by the String.prototype.split() method.

For more information, see RegExp.prototype[@@split]() and String.prototype.split().

Examples

Custom reverse split

class ReverseSplit {
  [Symbol.split](string) {
    const array = string.split(' ');
    return array.reverse();
  }
}

console.log('Another one bites the dust'.split(new ReverseSplit()));
// expected output: [ "dust", "the", "bites", "one", "Another" ]

Specifications

Browser compatibility

See also

• A polyfill of Symbol.split is available in core-js
• Symbol.match
• Symbol.replace
• Symbol.search
• RegExp.prototype[@@split]()