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Van Patton
Van Patton

Reputation: 59

Javascript Regex - select one item out a long string

I have a long string that I'm trying to get one item which is the Stock#, if I could get it another way I could, but I'm stuck with:

Ingot Silver Metallic Exterior, Charcoal Black / Silver Stitch Interior, Status: Dealer Ordered, Engine: Regular Unleaded I-4 1.6 L/97, Trans: Automatic, Stock#: IP-2758P4B, VIN #: 3FADP4BJ2FM114457

So basically I just need IP-2758P4B. I've been trying different things from different answers from StackOverflow another place, but no luck.

Thank you in advance

Upvotes: 0

Views: 49

Answers (4)

GravityScore
GravityScore

Reputation: 307

Regex in JavaScript is rather simple, but I really suggest you read a tutorial - there are tonnes on Google.

As for solving the problem with regex:

var a = "Ingot Silver Metallic Exterior, Charcoal Black / Silver Stitch Interior, Status: Dealer Ordered, Engine: Regular Unleaded I-4 1.6 L/97, Trans: Automatic, Stock#: IP-2758P4B, VIN #: 3FADP4BJ2FM114457";
var regex = /Stock#: (.+?),/g;
var resultArray = regex.exec(a);
if (resultArray.length >= 1) {
  var result = resultArray[1];
} else {
  // The stock number couldn't be found
}

Upvotes: 0

vks
vks

Reputation: 67988

Stock#: (\S+)

See Demo.It captures non space characters after Stock.

http://regex101.com/r/mU9cF1/1

Upvotes: 0

Avinash Raj
Avinash Raj

Reputation: 174806

You could try the below code,

> var foo = "Ingot Silver Metallic Exterior, Charcoal Black / Silver Stitch Interior, Status: Dealer Ordered, Engine: Regular Unleaded I-4 1.6 L/97, Trans: Automatic, Stock#: IP-2758P4B, VIN #: 3FADP4BJ2FM114457";
undefined
> var re = /Stock#:\s*([^,]*)/g;
undefined
> var m;
undefined
> while ((m = re.exec(foo)) != null) {
... console.log(m[1]);
... }
IP-2758P4B

Upvotes: 1

Jeremy J Starcher
Jeremy J Starcher

Reputation: 23863

Split is often easier to use than regular expressions:

Here is how I'd solve it.

var a = "Ingot Silver Metallic Exterior, Charcoal Black / Silver Stitch Interior, Status: Dealer Ordered, Engine: Regular Unleaded I-4 1.6 L/97, Trans: Automatic, Stock#: IP-2758P4B, VIN #: 3FADP4BJ2FM114457";

var stockNum = a.split("Stock#:")[1].split(",")[0].trim();

Upvotes: 1

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