Split string into two parts [duplicate]

Question

I know there are several ways to split an array in jQuery but I have a special case: If I have for example this two strings:

 "G09.4 What"
 "A04.3  A new Code"

When I split the first by ' ' I can simply choose the code in front with [0] what would be G09.4. And when I call [1] I get the text: What

But when I do the same with the second string I get for [1] A but I want to retrieve A new Code.

So how can I retrieve for each string the code and the separate text?

Answer 1

Use

var someString = "A04.3  A new Code";
var index = someString.indexOf(" ");  // Gets the first index where a space occours
var id = someString.substr(0, index); // Gets the first part
var text = someString.substr(index + 1);  // Gets the text part

Answer 2

You can split the string and shift off the first entry in the returned array. Then join the leftovers e.g.

var chunks = "A04.3  A new Code".split(/\s+/);
var arr = [chunks.shift(), chunks.join(' ')];

// arr[0] = "A04.3"
// arr[1] = "A new Code"