Am observat ca in Internet Explorer daca folosesti un delimitator RegEx pentru impartirea unui sir intr-un array, daca doua sau mai multe delimitatoare sunt adiacente, atunci Internet Explorer le trateaza ca un singur delimitator. Mai precis, avand sirul de mai jos:

var s = 'a|b|c|d|e||f|g|h';

…si avand bucata de cod

var tmp = s.split(/\|/);

… Internet Explorer creeaza un array de 8 elemente in loc sa creeze unul de 9 elemente avand pe pozitia a 6-a un sir gol.

In celelalte browsere comportamentul este cel normal. Solutia pentru Internet Explorer… este folosirea delimitatorului ca sir…

var tmp = s.split("|");

… caz in care array-ul are 9 elemente asa cum ar trebui.

Dupa ce am rezolvat problema am zis sa caut totusi sa vad daca a mai intalnit cineva acest caz si se pare ca nu am fost singurul ghinionist. Am dat cu ocazia asta si peste o extensie care corecteaza functionalitatea functiei split in mai multe browsere facand-o sa functioneze conform standardelor:

/* Cross-Browser Split 1.0.1
(c) Steven Levithan <stevenlevithan.com>; MIT License
An ECMA-compliant, uniform cross-browser split method */

var cbSplit;

// avoid running twice, which would break `cbSplit._nativeSplit`'s reference to the native `split`
if (!cbSplit) {

cbSplit = function (str, separator, limit) {
    // if `separator` is not a regex, use the native `split`
    if (Object.prototype.toString.call(separator) !== "[object RegExp]") {
        return cbSplit._nativeSplit.call(str, separator, limit);
    }

    var output = [],
        lastLastIndex = 0,
        flags = (separator.ignoreCase ? "i" : "") +
                (separator.multiline  ? "m" : "") +
                (separator.sticky     ? "y" : ""),
        separator = RegExp(separator.source, flags + "g"), // make `global` and avoid `lastIndex` issues by working with a copy
        separator2, match, lastIndex, lastLength;

    str = str + ""; // type conversion
    if (!cbSplit._compliantExecNpcg) {
        separator2 = RegExp("^" + separator.source + "$(?!\\s)", flags); // doesn't need /g or /y, but they don't hurt
    }

    /* behavior for `limit`: if it's...
    - `undefined`: no limit.
    - `NaN` or zero: return an empty array.
    - a positive number: use `Math.floor(limit)`.
    - a negative number: no limit.
    - other: type-convert, then use the above rules. */
    if (limit === undefined || +limit < 0) {
        limit = Infinity;
    } else {
        limit = Math.floor(+limit);
        if (!limit) {
            return [];
        }
    }

    while (match = separator.exec(str)) {
        lastIndex = match.index + match[0].length; // `separator.lastIndex` is not reliable cross-browser

        if (lastIndex > lastLastIndex) {
            output.push(str.slice(lastLastIndex, match.index));

            // fix browsers whose `exec` methods don't consistently return `undefined` for nonparticipating capturing groups
            if (!cbSplit._compliantExecNpcg && match.length > 1) {
                match[0].replace(separator2, function () {
                    for (var i = 1; i < arguments.length - 2; i++) {
                        if (arguments[i] === undefined) {
                            match[i] = undefined;
                        }
                    }
                });
            }

            if (match.length > 1 && match.index < str.length) {
                Array.prototype.push.apply(output, match.slice(1));
            }

            lastLength = match[0].length;
            lastLastIndex = lastIndex;

            if (output.length >= limit) {
                break;
            }
        }

        if (separator.lastIndex === match.index) {
            separator.lastIndex++; // avoid an infinite loop
        }
    }

    if (lastLastIndex === str.length) {
        if (lastLength || !separator.test("")) {
            output.push("");
        }
    } else {
        output.push(str.slice(lastLastIndex));
    }

    return output.length > limit ? output.slice(0, limit) : output;
};

cbSplit._compliantExecNpcg = /()??/.exec("")[1] === undefined; // NPCG: nonparticipating capturing group
cbSplit._nativeSplit = String.prototype.split;

} // end `if (!cbSplit)`

// for convenience...
String.prototype.split = function (separator, limit) {
    return cbSplit(this, separator, limit);
};