Javascript Regex multiple characters split

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I need to Split complete document made out of text to separate words,how can I do this so it gives me each word alone , I used .Split function and It worked for the white space character , other than that no , I need a regex that can split the words based on (. and , and | and : and ; and ,)

any help ?

You could replace all of the those characters with white space, the perform the split. — Travis Pettry
– Travis Pettry, Commented Oct 27, 2014 at 13:46

user3094403 · Accepted Answer · 2014-10-27 13:47:33Z

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Try this:

var text = "This; is my text. With|all,characters: to split,";
var arr = text.split(/[.|:;\s]/);

The [.,|:;,\s] is a character class, which contains all characters on which you want to split. \s indicates any whitespace (spaces, tabs ...).

answered Oct 27, 2014 at 13:47

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