javascript - Split a string based on multiple delimiters

Question

I was trying to split a string based on multiple delimiters by referring How split a string in jquery with multiple strings as separator

Since multiple delimiters I decided to follow

var separators = [' ', '+', '-', '(', ')', '*', '/', ':', '?'];
var tokens = x.split(new RegExp(separators.join('|'), 'g'));?????????????????

But I'm getting error

Uncaught SyntaxError: Invalid regular expression: / |+|-|(|)|*|/|:|?/: Nothing to repeat 

How to solve it?

Answer 1

escape needed for regex related characters +,-,(,),*,?

var x = "adfds+fsdf-sdf";

var separators = [' ', '\+', '-', '\(', '\)', '\*', '/', ':', '\?'];
console.log(separators.join('|'));
var tokens = x.split(new RegExp(separators.join('|'), 'g'));
console.log(tokens);

http://jsfiddle.net/cpdjZ/