convert textareas string value to JavaScript array separated by new lines
String.prototype.split() is sweet.
var lines = $('#mytextarea').val().split(/\n/);var texts = [];for (var i=0; i < lines.length; i++) { // only push this line if it contains a non whitespace character. if (/\S/.test(lines[i])) { texts.push($.trim(lines[i])); }}Note that String.prototype.split is not supported on all platforms, so jQuery provides $.split() instead. It simply trims whitespace around the ends of a string.
$.trim(" asd \n") // "asd"Check it out here: http://jsfiddle.net/p9krF/1/
Use split function:
var arrayOfLines = $("#input").val().split("\n");
var split = $('#textarea').val().split('\n');var lines = [];for (var i = 0; i < split.length; i++) if (split[i]) lines.push(split[i]);return lines;