words.js

var baseToString = require('../internal/baseToString'),
    isIterateeCall = require('../internal/isIterateeCall');

/** Used to match words to create compound words. */
var reWords = (function() {
  var upper = '[A-Z\\xc0-\\xd6\\xd8-\\xde]',
      lower = '[a-z\\xdf-\\xf6\\xf8-\\xff]+';

  return RegExp(upper + '+(?=' + upper + lower + ')|' + upper + '?' + lower + '|' + upper + '+|[0-9]+', 'g');
}());

/**
 * Splits `string` into an array of its words.
 *
 * @static
 * @memberOf _
 * @category String
 * @param {string} [string=''] The string to inspect.
 * @param {RegExp|string} [pattern] The pattern to match words.
 * @param- {Object} [guard] Enables use as a callback for functions like `_.map`.
 * @returns {Array} Returns the words of `string`.
 * @example
 *
 * _.words('fred, barney, & pebbles');
 * // => ['fred', 'barney', 'pebbles']
 *
 * _.words('fred, barney, & pebbles', /[^, ]+/g);
 * // => ['fred', 'barney', '&', 'pebbles']
 */
function words(string, pattern, guard) {
  if (guard && isIterateeCall(string, pattern, guard)) {
    pattern = null;
  }
  string = baseToString(string);
  return string.match(pattern || reWords) || [];
}

module.exports = words;