Split on different newlines

Question

Right now I\'m doing a split on a string and assuming that the newline from the user is \\r\\n like so:

string.split(/\\r\\n/)
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Answer 1

\n is for unix 
\r is for mac 
\r\n is for windows format

To be safe for operating systems. I would do /\r?\n|\r\n?/

"1\r2\n3\r\n4\n\n5\r\r6\r\n\r\n7".split(/\r?\n|\r\n?/)
=> ["1", "2", "3", "4", "", "5", "", "6", "", "7"]