JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground
by JakobJingleheimer
HTML
<pre id="log"></pre>
JavaScript
String.prototype.indexOfRegex = function(regex, startpos) {
var indexOf = this.substring(startpos || 0).search(regex);
return (indexOf >= 0) ? (indexOf + (startpos || 0)) : indexOf;
}
var str = ' foo==bar && baz==qux';
var log = document.getElementById("log");
var firstSpace = str.indexOf(' ');
var startOfWord = str.indexOfRegex(/\b/,firstSpace);
log.innerHTML = startOfWord;
log.innerHTML += '\n'+ str.substr(startOfWord);
//log.innerHTML += '\n'+ str.slice(0,amp);
//log.innerHTML += '\n'+ str.slice(amp+2);