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javascript static data property

Symbol.split

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The Symbol.split static data property represents the well-known symbol Symbol.split. The 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 split().

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class Split1 {
  constructor(value) {
    this.value = value;
  }
  [Symbol.split](string) {
    const index = string.indexOf(this.value);
    return `${this.value}${string.substring(0, index)}/${string.substring(
      index + this.value.length,
    )}`;
  }
}

console.log("foobar".split(new Split1("foo")));
// Expected output: "foo/bar"

Value

The well-known symbol Symbol.split.

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Examples

Custom reverse split

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

SpecificationsStandards references are available on the canonical MDN page.

Browser compatibility

Browser compatibilityCompatibility data is available on the canonical MDN page.

See also