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/ 15 Years ago, sat, may 9, 2009, 12:00:00
Why do Javascript sub-matches stop working when the g modifier is set?
var text = 'test test test test';
var result = text.match(/t(e)(s)t/);
// Result: [test, e, s]
The above works fine, result[1] is e and result[2] is s.
var result = text.match(/t(e)(s)t/g);
// Result: [test, test, test, test]
The above ignores my capturing groups. Is the following the only valid solution?
var result = text.match(/test/g);
for (var i in result) {
console.log(result[i].match(/t(e)(s)t/));
}
/* Result:
[test, e, s]
[test, e, s]
[test, e, s]
[test, e, s]
*/
EDIT:
I am back again to happily tell you that 10 years later you can now do this (.matchAll has been added to the spec)
let result = [...text.matchAll(/t(e)(s)t/g)];
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