ActionScript2: Split a text with two delimiter, Help

I try to create a project with use a Split in AC2.

this I have

    in_pers = 3x5+5x3+6x8;

var tmp:Array = in_pers.split("+");

trace(tmp);  //output ==  3x5, 5x3, 6x8

but, how if in_pers = 3x5+5x3-6x8-4x2;

how can I get the result 3x5, 5x3, 6x8, 4x2

how to use the split with two delimiter.

Best regard..

From stackoverflow

• Sadly, AS2 has no native understanding of regular expressions. To use RegExp, you'd have to move to AS3, or find a regular expression class written for AS2...there are some out there.

  I think for this purpose you'd need to create a custom function. I'm not sure the one I've created below is the best...a bit kludgy and maybe not the most performant, but I think it does essentially what you need.

  var in_pers:String = "3x5+5x3-6x8-4x2";
  var tmp:Array = multiSplit(in_pers, ["+", "-"]);
  trace (tmp);
  
  function multiSplit(str:String, delimiters:Array):Array
  {
      /* create an array to return */
      var resultArray:Array = [];
  
      /* loop through the string */
      var a:Number = 0;
      while (a < str.length)
      {
       var first:Number = str.length;
       var bLen:Number = delimiters.length;
  
           /* loop through the delimiters */
       for (var b:Number = 0; b < bLen; b++)
       {
        var delimiter:String = delimiters[b];
  
            /* find the first delimiter */
        var index:Number = str.indexOf(delimiter, a + 1);
  
        if (index != -1 && index < first)
         first = index;
       }
       if (first == a)
        break;
       /* Add the substring to the return array */
       resultArray.push(str.substring(a, first));
       a = first+1;
      }
      return resultArray;
  }
  

• There is a much simpler way to do what wikiup suggested:

  function strReplace( haystack:String, needle:String, replacement:String ):String
  {
      var tmpA:Array = haystack.split( needle );
      return tmpA.join( replacement );
  }
  
  function multiSplit( haystack:String, needles:Array ):Array
  {
      // generate a unique String for concatenation.
      var salt:String = String( Math.random() ); //replace with anything you like
  
      // Replace all of the strings in the needles array with the salt variable
      for( var i:Number = 0; i < needles.length; i++ )
      {
          haystack = strReplace( haystack, needles[ i ], salt );
      }
  
      //haystack now only has the objects you want split up concatenated by the salt variable.
      //split haystack and you'll have your desired result.
      return haystack.split( salt );
  }
  

  Not only is this smaller, it is also faster (while takes a lot longer than for( i = 0; i < val; i++ ) (look up iteration vs. recursion) ).