From 33b7891c1b4338e2e412aa5512057e4724b6e9c7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Jesper=20M=C3=B8ller=20Jensen?=
 <26099018+JesmoDev@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 8 Dec 2023 13:10:04 +1300
Subject: [PATCH] add split string to array function

---
 .../src/shared/utils/index.ts                 |  1 +
 .../src/shared/utils/split-string-to-array.ts | 24 +++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 25 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/shared/utils/split-string-to-array.ts

diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/shared/utils/index.ts b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/shared/utils/index.ts
index 7b605bb5de..966c6dbabc 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/shared/utils/index.ts
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/shared/utils/index.ts
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ export * from './path-folder-name.function.js';
 export * from './selection-manager.js';
 export * from './udi-service.js';
 export * from './umbraco-path.function.js';
+export * from './split-string-to-array.js';
 
 declare global {
 	interface Window {
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/shared/utils/split-string-to-array.ts b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/shared/utils/split-string-to-array.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..267c3c4b4e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/shared/utils/split-string-to-array.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+/**
+ * Splits a string into an array using a specified delimiter,
+ * trims whitespace from each element, and removes empty elements.
+ *
+ * @param {string} string - The input string to be split and processed.
+ * @param {string} [split=','] - The delimiter used for splitting the string (default is comma).
+ * @returns {string[]} An array of non-empty, trimmed strings.
+ *
+ * @example
+ * const result = splitStringToArray('one, two, three, ,five');
+ * // result: ['one', 'two', 'three', 'five']
+ *
+ * @example
+ * const customDelimiterResult = splitStringToArray('apple | orange | banana', ' | ');
+ * // customDelimiterResult: ['apple', 'orange', 'banana']
+ */
+export function splitStringToArray(string: string, split = ',') {
+	return (
+		string
+			.split(split)
+			.map((s) => s.trim())
+			.filter((s) => s.length > 0) ?? []
+	);
+}