Split long string into text chunks with jQuery

Question

I have a long string that needs to be sliced into separated chunks inside an array, with a predefined length limit the chunks. Some rules apply:

1. If the limit cu

Answer 1

Example for 25 characters max, you can use this pattern:

/\S[\s\S]{0,23}\S(?=\s|$)/g

demo

code example:

var text = " I am totally unappreciated in my time. You can run this whole park from this room with minimal staff for up to 3 days. You think that kind of automation is easy? Or cheap? You know anybody who can network 8 connection machines and debug 2 million lines of code for what I bid for this job? Because if he can I'd like to see him try.";

var myRe = /\S[\s\S]{0,23}\S(?=\s|$)/g;
var m;
var result = new Array();

while ((m = myRe.exec(text)) !== null) {
   result.push(m[0]);
}

console.log(result);

Note: if you need to choose dynamically the max size, you must use the alternative syntax to define your RegExp object:

var n = 25;
var myRe = new RegExp("\\S[\\s\\S]{0," + (n-2) + "}\\S(?=\\s|$)", "g");

pattern details:

\S             # a non-space character (it is obviously preceded by a space 
               # or the start of the string since the previous match
               # ends before a space)

[\s\S]{0,23}   # between 0 or 23 characters

\S(?=\s|$)     # a non-space character followed by a space or the end of the string