How do I split a string, breaking at a particular character?

I have this string

'john smith~123 Street~Apt 4~New York~NY~12345'

Using JavaScript, what is the fastest way to parse this into

var name = "john smith";
var street= "123 Street";
//etc...

17 s
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With JavaScript’s String.prototype.split function:

var input="john smith~123 Street~Apt 4~New York~NY~12345";

var fields = input.split('~');

var name = fields[0];
var street = fields[1];
// etc.