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<meta charset="UTF-8">
<title>002</title>
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<script type="text/javascript">
var sentence = 'This is one sentence. This is a sentence with a list of items:' +
'cherries, oranges, apples, bananas. That was the list of items.';
console.log(sentence);
var start = sentence.indexOf(':');
var end = sentence.indexOf('.', start + 1);
var listStr = sentence.substring(start + 1, end);
console.log(start);
console.log(end);
console.log(listStr);
var fruits = listStr.split(',');
console.log(fruits);
fruits.forEach(function(elmnt, indx, arry) {
arry[indx] = elmnt.trim();
});
console.log(fruits);
var fruits = listStr.split(/\s*,\s*/);
console.log(fruits);
var fruits = sentence.substring(start+1, end).split(",");
fruits.forEach(function(elmnt, indx, arry){
arry[indx] = elmnt.trim();
});
console.log(fruits);
</script>
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