Sometimes it's nice to document the little wins. Today, I learned this useful bit of code to parse a string into an array of words, while removing punctuation.
<code>text.replace(/\p{P}/gu, "").split(" "))</code>
To break this down:
<ul>
<li><code>text</code>: the string to parse</li>
<li><code>.replace</code>: a JavaScript function </li>
<li><code>/\p{P}/gu, ""</code>: regex that informs <code>replace</code> to remove all punctuation and replace it with nothing</li>
<li><code>.split(" ")</code>: a JavaScript function that breaks a string into an array based on the character passed into the function. In this case, it will <code>split</code> the string whenever there is a space.</li>
</ul>

Sometimes it's nice to document the little wins. Today, I learned this useful bit of code to parse a string into an array of words, while removing punctuation.

`text.replace(/\p{P}/gu, "").split(" "))`

To break this down:
* `text`: the string to parse
* `.replace`: a JavaScript function 
* `/\p{P}/gu, ""`: regex that informs `replace` to remove all punctuation and replace it with nothing
* `.split(" ")`: a JavaScript function that breaks a string into an array based on the character passed into the function. In this case, it will `split` the string whenever there is a space.





TIL: convert a string into an array of words in JS

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