Get list of groups from javascript regex object

Question

It's possible to get list of group items from regex object? For example, i have this regex:

var someRegex = /hello\s(.*?), i have (\d+) friends! (?:Bye)/;

I want to be able to get:

['(.*?)', '(\\d+)'];

(Note that i don't want to get the 'Bye' group because it has '?:' mark..)

Thanks!

vks · Accepted Answer · 2015-05-06 11:37:50Z

1

\((?!\?:)[^(]*\)

Try this.See demo.

https://regex101.com/r/bN8dL3/7

var re = /\((?!\?:)[^(]*\)/gi;
var str = 'hello\s(.*?), i have (\d+) friends! (?:Bye)';
var m;

while ((m = re.exec(str)) !== null) {
if (m.index === re.lastIndex) {
re.lastIndex++;
}
// View your result using the m-variable.
// eg m[0] etc.
}

answered May 6, 2015 at 11:37

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