How to split string into multiple strings along certain characters in Javascript

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I am new at programming so it would be help if the answers very simple, but in Javascript I have a variable called "time". It might be "10:36 P.M." for example, and I want to split it along the colon and the space, so that it becomes the three different variables: 10, 36, and P.M.

I know how to cut off the end or beginning of variables, but I need something that will save all of the parts as a separate variable.

Bill Criswell · Accepted Answer · 2013-12-23 20:02:30Z

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You can do.

time = time.split(/:|\s/);

Let me explain what's going on inside the split call.

The / at the start and the end means it's a regular expression. The : is just a colon, \s means a space character, the | between them is special in regular expressions and basically means or.

edited Dec 23, 2013 at 20:02

answered Dec 23, 2013 at 19:56

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ajax333221 Over a year ago

then time will be an array containing ["10", "36", "P.M."] which you can access like time[0] to get the "10", and I post this because the original poster seems like he wouldn't figure this out with his current knowledge.

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