/**
 * Splits a string into an array of words based on a given pattern.
 *
 * @since 1.0.0
 *
 * @param {string} [str=''] - The string to split into words.
 * @param {RegExp|string} [pattern=/\w+/g] - The pattern to match words.
 *
 * @return {Array<string>} - An array of words.
 *
 * @example
 *
 * words('The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog');
 * // => ['The', 'quick', 'brown', 'fox', 'jumps', 'over', 'the', 'lazy', 'dog']
 *
 * words('apple, banana, cherry', /[^, ]+/g);
 * // => ['apple', 'banana', 'cherry']
 */
declare const words: (str?: string, pattern?: RegExp | string) => any;
export default words;