TypeScript - split string with more than 1 space between words

In this article, we would like to show you how to split a string with more than 1 space between words in TypeScript.

Quick solution:

const text: string = 'A B    C';

// split by one or more whitespace characters regex - \s+
const split1: string[] = text.split(/\s+/);

// split string from 2 to 8 spaces
const split2: string[] = text.split(/\s{2,8}/);

console.log(split1); // [ 'A', 'B', 'C' ]
console.log(split2); // [ 'A B', 'C' ]

1. Split by one or more whitespace characters regex - \s+

In this example, we use \s+ regex to split the text string by one or more whitespace characters between words.

Runnable example:

const text: string = 'A B    C';

// split by one or more whitespace characters regex - \s+
const split: string[] = text.split(/\s+/);

console.log(split); // [ 'A', 'B', 'C' ]

Output:

[ 'A', 'B', 'C' ]

2. Split string from 2 to 8 spaces using \s{2,8} regex

In this example, we use \s{2,8} regex to split the text string that contains from 2 to 8 whitespace characters between words.

Runnable example:

const text: string = 'A B    C';

// split string from 2 to 8 spaces
const split: string[] = text.split(/\s{2,8}/);

console.log(split); // [ 'A B', 'C' ]

Output:

[ 'A B', 'C' ]

Note:

Notice that A B is a single element because there is only one space character between the letters.