Split string on first comma into array [duplicate]

Question

I'm having a string like below that i would like to split only on the first ,. so that if i for instance had following string Football, tennis, basketball it would look like following array

["football", "tennis, basketball"]

Community · Accepted Answer · 2017-05-23 12:08:23Z

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This should do it

var array = "football, tennis, basketball".split(/, ?(.+)?/);
array = [array[0], array[1]];
console.log(array);

Inspiration: split string only on first instance of specified character

EDIT

I've actually found a way to reduce the above function to one line:

console.log("football, tennis, basketball".split(/, ?(.+)?/).filter(Boolean));

.filter(Boolean) is used to trim off the last element of the array (which is just an empty string).

edited May 23, 2017 at 12:08

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4 Comments

SnoringFrog Over a year ago

Note that this actually results in the array being ["football", "tennis, basketball", ""]

ctwheels Over a year ago

@SnoringFrog No it doesn't. Overwrite the array variable with what I put in the console.log. That's the correct answer. You are not outputting the same value as the above function.

ctwheels Over a year ago

@SnoringFrog There, now I overwrite my array variable instead of outputting the result? Does that cause less confusion?

SnoringFrog Over a year ago

That creates the array value OP was expecting/asking for, yes

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