Javascript and regex: split string and keep the separator

Question

I have a string:

var string = \"aaaaaa
† bbbb
‡ cccc\"

And I would like to split this string w

Answer 1

An extension function splits string with substring or RegEx and the delimiter is putted according to second parameter ahead or behind.

    String.prototype.splitKeep = function (splitter, ahead) {
        var self = this;
        var result = [];
        if (splitter != '') {
            var matches = [];
            // Getting mached value and its index
            var replaceName = splitter instanceof RegExp ? "replace" : "replaceAll";
            var r = self[replaceName](splitter, function (m, i, e) {
                matches.push({ value: m, index: i });
                return getSubst(m);
            });
            // Finds split substrings
            var lastIndex = 0;
            for (var i = 0; i < matches.length; i++) {
                var m = matches[i];
                var nextIndex = ahead == true ? m.index : m.index + m.value.length;
                if (nextIndex != lastIndex) {
                    var part = self.substring(lastIndex, nextIndex);
                    result.push(part);
                    lastIndex = nextIndex;
                }
            };
            if (lastIndex < self.length) {
                var part = self.substring(lastIndex, self.length);
                result.push(part);
            };
            // Substitution of matched string
            function getSubst(value) {
                var substChar = value[0] == '0' ? '1' : '0';
                var subst = '';
                for (var i = 0; i < value.length; i++) {
                    subst += substChar;
                }
                return subst;
            };
        }
        else {
            result.add(self);
        };
        return result;
    };

The test:

    test('splitKeep', function () {
        // String
        deepEqual("1231451".splitKeep('1'), ["1", "231", "451"]);
        deepEqual("123145".splitKeep('1', true), ["123", "145"]);
        deepEqual("1231451".splitKeep('1', true), ["123", "145", "1"]);
        deepEqual("hello man how are you!".splitKeep(' '), ["hello ", "man ", "how ", "are ", "you!"]);
        deepEqual("hello man how are you!".splitKeep(' ', true), ["hello", " man", " how", " are", " you!"]);
        // Regex
        deepEqual("mhellommhellommmhello".splitKeep(/m+/g), ["m", "hellomm", "hellommm", "hello"]);
        deepEqual("mhellommhellommmhello".splitKeep(/m+/g, true), ["mhello", "mmhello", "mmmhello"]);
    });