smart split()

[darkdirk1]

I am trying to create a function that parses a string and creates an array with the values which will be seperated by either white space or and unknown number of carriage returns/linebreaks....

I was trying something along these lines:

function processFactors(){
var factors = new Array();
var factors_in = document.form1.factors_in.value;
factors_in = factors_in.replace(/\r\n|\r|\n/g, ' ');
factors = factors_in.split(' ');
}
 

But that only works for a single return or white space...
I need some kind of loop that parses the string but I don't know the proper syntax...Any advice or thoughts are greatly appreciated!


thank you.

[darkdirk1]

k figured it out...!
seems to work all right.


function processFactors(){
var factors = new Array();
var factors_in = document.form1.factors_in.value;
factors_in = factors_in.replace(/\r\n|\r|\n/g, ' ');
factors = factors_in.split(' ');
var factorsList = new Array();
var c = 0;
for (var i =0; i<factors.length; i++){
if (factors[i] > ""){
factorsList[c] = factors[i];
c++;
}
}

[mrhoo]

var factors_in = document.form1.factors_in.value;
factors = factors_in.split(/\s+/);