I have a string value like:
1,2,3;4,5,6;7,8,9;a,b,c;d,e,f;g,h,i
I need to convert it into array in JavaScript like
1 2 3
4 5 6
7 8 9
etc.
Can any one please suggest me a way how to do this?
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3Google for "Javascript Split"karim79– karim792012-01-06 10:55:55 +00:00Commented Jan 6, 2012 at 10:55
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1do you mean multidimensional array?redmoon7777– redmoon77772012-01-06 11:00:57 +00:00Commented Jan 6, 2012 at 11:00
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here's a previous answer that may help stackoverflow.com/questions/5163709/…mrmo123– mrmo1232012-01-06 11:08:40 +00:00Commented Jan 6, 2012 at 11:08
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4 Answers
You are looking for String.split. In your case, you need to split twice. Once with ; to split the string into chunks, then separately split each chunk with , to reach the array structure you are looking for.
function chunkSplit(str) {
var chunks = str.split(';'), // split str on ';'
nChunks = chunks.length,
n = 0;
for (; n < nChunks; ++n) {
chunks[n] = chunks[n].split(','); // split each chunk with ','
}
return chunks;
}
var arr = chunkSplit("1,2,3;4,5,6;7,8,9;a,b,c;d,e,f;g,h,i");
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jack blank
what exactly is the first ";" for in the line
for (; n < nChunks; ++n) {? is that there to find the character ";". I am asking because I usually see some sort of expression before the ";" in a for loopIf you need a multi-dimensional array you can try :
var array = yourString.split(';');
var arrCount = array.length;
for (var i = 0; i < arrCount; i++)
{
array[i] = array[i].split(',');
}
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Try the following:
var yourString = '1,2,3;4,5,6;7,8,9;a,b,c;d,e,f;g,h,i';
var array = [];
yourString.split(';').forEach(function(value) {
array.push(value.split(','));
});
- jsFiddle Demo
- Note:
.forEach()not supported in IE <=8
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nikc.org
This does NOT work. Did you even try running your code? The value of
split in your for...in loop is the index in the array, not the value.nikc.org
Might be worth mentioning that
Array.forEach does not have universal browser support. kangax.github.com/es5-compat-tableThe following split command should help:
yourArray = yourString.split(";");
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pimvdb
Note that there are also commas. It looks like the OP wants to split the results again to get a two-dimensional array.