How to make an array from a string by newline in JavaScript?

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I've got this:

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For example:

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How can i make in array from that text by newlines?

I need to paste in the begining of each line simbols "> ", how to do that?

Answer 1

Use split()

Fore example

str = "abc\ndef"; console.log(str.split("\n")); 

will print out

["abc", "def"]  

Answer 2

Use JavaScript .split() function to create an array with elements split by '\n' and then manually iterate through that array and add '<' for each item. The following code may help :

var str="How\nare\nyou\ndoing\ntoday?"; var n = str.split("\n"); for(var x in n){        n[x]= '>'+n[x];      alert(n[x]); }