Split a string by delimiters but ignore contents inside parenthesis/brackets.
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Split a string by characters but ignore those separator characters inside brackets.
Options are
{
separators: string, // default ',;'
empties: true/false, // default true, keeps empty entries
trim: true/false // default false, trims each entry
}
const splitOuter = require('split-outer')
const text = 'Maude (smart, wise), Harold (funny, talkative); Higgins (France, California);'
const parts = splitOuter(text, {trim: true, empties: false})
// results in
// [
// 'Maude (smart, wise)',
// 'Harold (funny, talkative)',
// 'Higgins (France, California)'
// ]
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