Splitting a comma-separated string but ignoring commas between semicolons using JavaScript

Question

So I have this string:

apple;banana;orange, kiwi;onion,strawberry, avocado

the above string should split into:

   apple
   banana
   orange, kiwi
   onion
   strawberry
   avocado

I found a regex function but it only splits the double quotes " "

   str.split(",(?=(?:[^\"]*\"[^\"]*\")*[^\"]*$)");

I tried to replace " " with ; ;

   str.split(",(?=(?:[^\;]*\;[^\;]*\;)*[^\;]*$)");

but it does't work when I replaced with ;

Answer 1

You could just split by semicolon or by comma, if semicolon is not following.

var string = 'apple;banana;orange, kiwi;onion,strawberry, avocado',
    array = string.split(/;\s*|,\s*(?!.*;)/);

console.log(array);