Symbol.split

Baseline Widely available

This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since September 2015.

The Symbol.split static data property represents the well-known symbol Symbol.split. The String.prototype.split() method looks up this symbol on its first argument for the method that splits a string at the indices that match the current object.

For more information, see RegExp.prototype[Symbol.split]() and String.prototype.split().

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Value

The well-known symbol Symbol.split.

Property attributes of Symbol.split
Writableno
Enumerableno
Configurableno

Examples

Custom reverse split

js
class ReverseSplit {
  [Symbol.split](string) {
    const array = string.split(" ");
    return array.reverse();
  }
}

console.log("Another one bites the dust".split(new ReverseSplit()));
// [ "dust", "the", "bites", "one", "Another" ]

Specifications

Specification
ECMAScript Language Specification
# sec-symbol.split

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