Given string in the form:
'"abc",ab(),c(d(),e()),f(g(),zyx),h(123)'
How can I split it to get the below array format:
abc
ab()
c(d(),e())
f(g(),zyx)
h(123)
I have tried normal javascript split, however it doesn't work as desired. Trying Regular Expression but not yet successful.
You can keep track of the parentheses, and add those expressions when the left and right parens equalize.
For example-
function splitNoParen(s){
var left= 0, right= 0, A= [],
M= s.match(/([^()]+)|([()])/g), L= M.length, next, str= '';
for(var i= 0; i<L; i++){
next= M[i];
if(next=== '(')++left;
else if(next=== ')')++right;
if(left!== 0){
str+= next;
if(left=== right){
A[A.length-1]+=str;
left= right= 0;
str= '';
}
}
else A=A.concat(next.match(/([^,]+)/g));
}
return A;
}
var s1= '"abc",ab(),c(d(),e()),f(g(),zyx),h(123)';
splitNoParen(s1).join('\n');
/* returned value: (String)
"abc"
ab()
c(d(),e())
f(g(),zyx)
h(123)
*/
This might be not the best or more refined solution, and also maybe won't fit every single possibility, but based on your example it works:
var data = '"abc",ab(),c(d(),e()),f(g(),zyx),h(123)';
// Create a preResult splitting the commas.
var preResult = data.replace(/"/g, '').split(',');
// Create an empty result.
var result = [];
for (var i = 0; i < preResult.length; i++) {
// Check on every preResult if the number of parentheses match.
// Opening ones...
var opening = preResult[i].match(/\(/g) || 0;
// Closing ones...
var closing = preResult[i].match(/\)/g) || 0;
if (opening != 0 &&
closing != 0 &&
opening.length != closing.length) {
// If the current item contains a different number of opening
// and closing parentheses, merge it with the next adding a
// comma in between.
result.push(preResult[i] + ',' + preResult[i + 1]);
i++;
} else {
// Leave it as it is.
result.push(preResult[i]);
}
}
Demo
For future reference, here's another approach to top-level splitting, using string.replace
as a control flow operator:
function psplit(s) {
var depth = 0, seg = 0, rv = [];
s.replace(/[^(),]*([)]*)([(]*)(,)?/g,
function (m, cls, opn, com, off, s) {
depth += opn.length - cls.length;
var newseg = off + m.length;
if (!depth && com) {
rv.push(s.substring(seg, newseg - 1));
seg = newseg;
}
return m;
});
rv.push(s.substring(seg));
return rv;
}
console.log(psplit('abc,ab(),c(d(),e()),f(g(),zyx),h(123)'))
["abc", "ab()", "c(d(),e())", "f(g(),zyx)", "h(123)"]
Getting it to handle quotes as well would not be too complicated, but at some point you need to decide to use a real parser such as jison
, and I suspect that would be the point. In any event, there's not enough detail in the question to know what the desired handling of double quotes is.
You can't use .split
for this, but instead you'll have to write a small parser like this:
function splitNoParen(s){
let results = [];
let next;
let str = '';
let left = 0, right = 0;
function keepResult() {
results.push(str);
str = '';
}
for(var i = 0; i<s.length; i++) {
switch(s[i]) {
case ',':
if((left === right)) {
keepResult();
left = right = 0;
} else {
str += s[i];
}
break;
case '(':
left++;
str += s[i];
break;
case ')':
right++;
str += s[i];
break;
default:
str += s[i];
}
}
keepResult();
return results;
}
var s1= '"abc",ab(),c(d(),e()),f(g(),zyx),h(123)';
console.log(splitNoParen(s1).join('\n'));
var s2='cats,(my-foo)-bar,baz';
console.log(splitNoParen(s2).join('\n'));
Javascript
var str='"abc",ab(),c(d(),e()),f(g(),zyx),h(123)'
str.split('"').toString().split(',').filter(Boolean);
this should work