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Max Yari
Max Yari

Reputation: 3697

Match a words, which contains specific symbols

It seems that i'm stuck with something simple, but I was unable to find quite similar question on stack.

Using JavaScript/jQuery/regexp I want to match a words that contains specific symbols in string .

I.e in given string 'check out mydomain/folder/#something' if i run this kind of search with symbols 'folder/#' it must return whole mydomain/folder/#something.

In fact I want to use this to replace whole link in a string with some kind of widget button, but as those links are pretty specific (i.e i know that they will contain folder/#) using some kind of library for this task would be overkill.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 49

Answers (1)

floribon
floribon

Reputation: 19193

Here is the regexp you are looking for: /[\w\/]*\/folder\/#[\w\/]*/

var str = 'check out mydomain/folder/#something';
// returns ["mydomain/folder/#something"]
str.match(/[\w\/]*\/folder\/#[\w\/]*/)

Or for a more robust version or it: /[\w\/\.]*\/folder\/#(?:[\w\/]|\.\w+)*/

That last one will accept dots in the file names but ignore the last one.

For instance 'check out my.domain/foo/folder/#some.thing.'will return ["my.domain/foo/folder/#some.thing"]

Upvotes: 1

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