How to Convert string to character array in javascript

This example tutorial explains to convert a string to an array of characters in javascript. You can check my other post on Javascript check substring exists in a String

How to get Character Array from a string javascript?

There are multiple ways we can do it.

The string has a split function with an argument. The argument is a separator that uses to split into it.

Returns an array of split elements.

let str = "cloudhadoop";
console.log(str.split(""));

Output

[
'c', 'l', 'o', 'u',
'd', 'h', 'a', 'd',
'o', 'o', 'p'
]

It works perfectly for a string of alphanumeric characters,

It does not work with Unicode and emoji characters string.

let str = "welcome 😊";

console.log(str.split(""));

Output:

[
'w', 'e', 'l', 'c',
'o', 'm', 'e', ' ',
'�', '�'
]

`Split() function is not safe to use for Unicode strings.

use the ES6 spread operator ES6 introduced spread operator, a new syntax to extract data and create a new variable.

let str = "welcome 😊";
let input = [...str];
console.log(input);

Output:

[
  'w', 'e', 'l',
  'c', 'o', 'm',
  'e', ' ', '😊'
]

use Array from function Array provides from the function, that takes a string and converts it to a character array.

let str = "welcome 😊";
console.log(Array.from(str));

use the Object assign function Object assign function copies a string character into a new array.

This is not safe for Unicode string characters.

let str = "welcome 😊";
var result = Object.assign([], str);
console.log(result);

Output:

[
  'w', 'e', 'l', 'c',
  'o', 'm', 'e', ' ',
  '�', '�'
]

It is another way of retrieving characters from a string and pushing the character to an array.

let str = "welcome 😊";
const result = [];
for (const character of str) {
  result.push(character);
}
console.log(result);

You can also use for index syntax to do it.