Subj : string.split();
To   : Digital Man
From : MCMLXXIX
Date : Thu Sep 30 2010 11:53 am

 Re: string.split();
 By: Digital Man to MCMLXXIX on Tue Sep 28 2010 15:16:24

>  > I've been working on something that splits a string at certain match
>  > points, and noticed that it crashes JSEXEC in windows, but not in linux..
>  >
>  > try this:
>  >
>  >     "this is a test".split(/(is|a|test)/ig);
>
> It is interesting that it's crashing. Did you confirm that you're testing wi
> the same version of SpiderMonkey (jslib) on Windows and Linux? When I get a
> chance, I'll see if I can pass on a trace to the SpiderMonkey guys. They may
> have already fixed this one.
>
> Anyway, String.split() doesn't take a regexp as an argument, so what you're
> trying to do won't work anyway. See
> https://developer.mozilla.org/en/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/String
> details.
>

interestingly enough, using a regexp gives you a slightly different result:
"0123456789".split("2"); // 01,3456789
"0123456789".split(/2/); // 01,2,3456789



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