Group Split

Splits a string on a key, but does not split in the middle of matching pairs.

split('red (255, 0, 0), blue (0, 255, 0), green (0, 0, 255)', ',', true)
// ['red (255, 0, 0)', 'blue (0, 255, 0)', 'green (0, 0, 255)']

split('"(", <-- ignore that paren', ',')
// ['"("', '<-- ignore that paren']

instance.split(str, key, pairs, all) -> Array of strings

• str: the original string to split
• key: the key to split on
• all: like the g flag in a regexp, if true will split all rather just on the first instance of key
• pairs: an array of arrays. inner arrays should contain 2 single character strings. defaults to ['(', ')'], ['[', ']'], ['"', '"', true], ["'", "'", true]. If the 3rd item in the array is truthy, the split will ignore all other pairs until the current pair is closed.

License

MIT