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

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.