javascript tutorial - [Solved-5 Solutions] Matched groups in a JavaScript - javascript - java script - javascript array
Problem:
How do you access the matched groups in a JavaScript regular expression?
Solution 1:
var myString = "something format_abc"; // I want "abc"
var arr = /(?:^|\s)format_(.*?)(?:\s|$)/.exec(myString);
console.log(arr); // Prints: [" format_abc", "abc"] .. so far so good.
console.log(arr[1]); // Prints: undefined (???)
console.log(arr[0]); // Prints: format_undefined (!!!)
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Solution 2:
var myString = "something format_abc";
var myRegexp = /(?:^|\s)format_(.*?)(?:\s|$)/g;
var match = myRegexp.exec(myString);
console.log(match[1]); // abc
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Solution 3:
function getMatches(string, regex, index) {
index || (index = 1); // default to the first capturing group
var matches = [];
var match;
while (match = regex.exec(string)) {
matches.push(match[index]);
}
return matches;
}
// Example :
var myString = 'something format_abc something format_def something format_ghi';
var myRegEx = /(?:^|\s)format_(.*?)(?:\s|$)/g;
// Get an array containing the first capturing group for every match
var matches = getMatches(myString, myRegEx, 1);
// Log results
document.write(matches.length + ' matches found: ' + JSON.stringify(matches))
console.log(matches);
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Solution 4:
var arr = myString.match(/\bformat_(.*?)\b/);
console.log(arr[0] + " " + arr[1]);
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Solution 5:
var regex = /(?:^|\s)format_(.*?)(?:\s|$)/;
var input = "something format_abc";
regex(input); //=> [" format_abc", "abc"]
regex.exec(input); //=> [" format_abc", "abc"]
input.match(regex); //=> [" format_abc", "abc"]