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Match string in between two strings

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If I have a string like this:

var str = play the Ukulele in Lebanon. play the Guitar in Lebanon.;

I want to get the strings between each of the substrings play and in, so basically an array with the Ukelele and the Guitar.

Right now I'm doing:

var test = str.match(play(.*)in);

But that's returning the string between the first play and last in, so I get the Ukulele in Lebanon. Play the Guitar instead of 2 separate strings. Does anyone know how to globally search a string for all occurrences of a substring between a starting and ending string?

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answered 8 Years ago alfonsok · Accepted Answer

You can use the regex

plays*(.*?)s*in

Use the / as delimiters for regex literal syntax

Use the lazy group to match minimal possible

Demo:

var str = play the Ukulele in Lebanon. play the Guitar in Lebanon.;

var regex = /plays*(.*?)s*in/g;



var matches = [];

while (m = regex.exec(str)) {

  matches.push(m[1]);

}



document.body.innerHTML = '<pre>' + JSON.stringify(matches, 0, 4) + '</pre>';