My array:
var str=['data1,data2 '];
I have used:
var arr = str.split(,);
But one error is showed. TypeError: Object data1,data2 has no method 'split'. How can I solve this problem.
My output will be:
arr= data1,data2
// or
arr[0]=data1;
arr[1]=data2;
How can I solve this problem ?
You should do this :
var arr = str.toString().split(,);
TypeError: Object data1,data2 has no method 'split' indicates the variable is not considered as a string. Therefore, you must typecast it.
update 08.10.2015 I have noticed someone think the above answer is a dirty workaround and surprisingly this comment is upvoted. In fact it is the exact opposite - using str[0].split(,) as 3 (!) other suggests is the real dirty workaround. Why? Consider what would happen in these cases :
var str = [];
var str = ['data1,data2','data3,data4'];
var str = [someVariable];
str[0].split(,) will fail utterly as soon str holds an empty array, for some reason not is holding a String.prototype or will give an unsatisfactory result if str holds more than one string. Using str[0].split(,) blindly trusting that str always will hold 1 string exactly and never something else is bad practice. toString() is supported by numbers, arrays, objects, booleans, dates and even functions; str[0].split() has a huge potential of raising errors and stop further execution in the scope, and by that crashing the entire application.
If you really, really want to use str[0].split() then at least do some minimal type checking :
var arr;
if (typeof str[0] == 'string') {
arr = str[0].split(',')
} else {
arr = [];
}
