Subj : string.split();
To   : Digital Man
From : MCMLXXIX
Date : Thu Sep 30 2010 11:57 am

  Re: string.split();
  By: MCMLXXIX to Digital Man on Thu Sep 30 2010 11:53:48

 >   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 linu
 >  >  >
 >  >  > 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
 >  > the same version of SpiderMonkey (jslib) on Windows and Linux? When I get
 >  > chance, I'll see if I can pass on a trace to the SpiderMonkey guys. They 
 >  > have already fixed this one.
 >  >
 >  > Anyway, String.split() doesn't take a regexp as an argument, so what you'
 >  > trying to do won't work anyway. See
 >  > https://developer.mozilla.org/en/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Stri
 >  > details.
 >  >
 > 
 > interestingly enough, using a regexp gives you a slightly different result:
 > "0123456789".split("2"); // 01,3456789
 > "0123456789".split(/2/); // 01,2,3456789
 > 

actually, I have to amend that last example... 
"0123456789".split(/2/); // 01,3456789
"0123456789".split(/(2)/); //01,2,3456789

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