[Mythvn]

Hello,
I'm about splitting a string and I use the function split. But my string contains entities ( decimal, hexadecimal and named entities ) and this function breaks my text. So are there any way to split a string but keep entities remain? Thanks.

Code:

Hello mấn

[UnrealEd]

What do you want the string to be split into?

[Mythvn]

I want this

Code:

Hello mấn

into this

Code:

H
e
l
l
o
 
m
ấ
n

Is that possible?

[UnrealEd]

I don't think it's possible using existing javascript functions, but you can create one yourself.

You just need a for loop within you check if the current character is an ampersand or not. If so, you read the next couple of characters until a ; is found. All characters in between those 2 should then go into 1 array item, and then you move on to the next character.

[Mythvn]

Originally Posted by UnrealEd

I don't think it's possible using existing javascript functions, but you can create one yourself.

You just need a for loop within you check if the current character is an ampersand or not. If so, you read the next couple of characters until a ; is found. All characters in between those 2 should then go into 1 array item, and then you move on to the next character.

I have thought about this solution before but a valid entity can an ampersand, a couple of characters ( a-z 0-9 # ) followed and a semi-colon. To validate this condition in a "for" loop can be complex. So I try to use RegEX with split function.

Code:

var regex = new RegExp("\(&([^;]{6}))", "g");
myArray = string.split(regex);
for (i = 0; i < myArray.length; i++) {
	alert("--" + myArray[i] + "--");
}

The RegEX seems to be not so effective. Can you give me a suggestion for it?

[UnrealEd]

try this regex:

Code:

/(&#?[a-z0-9]+;)/