CODEWITHSUNDEEP
javascriptregex
user4002542
user4002542

Reputation:

Get numbers and words after determined word with regex

I'm trying to get numbers with words after a determined word with regex:

var text = 'SOME HUGE TEXT ARCHIVE: KxhASjx0000-4 SOME HUGH TEXT';
var reg   = new RegExp('ARCHIVE:' + '.*?(\\d\\S*)', 'i');
var match = reg.exec(text);

output will be:

0000-4

And i need:

KxhASjx0000-4

How can i improve this regex?

I was trying to use the W symbol, but didn't work:

.*?(\\d\w+\\S*)

Upvotes: 1

Views: 1088

Answers (2)

XOR-Manik
XOR-Manik

Reputation: 503

You can try this if you know that "ARCHIVE" is there in all of the lines : 

.*?ARCHIVE:\s?([\w ]+\s?\S*)

It checks for ARCHIVE: and then white space if any, then it reads the word associated with and another white space if any. After that it reads the required digit.

--> .? - Any character any number of times -->ARCHIVE:
--> s? - white space if any -->A numbered captured group -->[\w ]+ - any character in this class. --> \S - anything other than white space.

PS: Do not forget to escape the characters accordingly.

Upvotes: 2

anubhava
anubhava

Reputation: 784998

You can use this regex:

var reg = new RegExp('ARCHIVE:' + '.*?([a-z\\d]\\S*)', 'i');

Or better:

var reg = /ARCHIVE:.*?([a-z\d]\S*)/i;

Instead of matching till a digit \d here we're matching upto [a-z\d] which is a letter or a digit that gives us match KxhASjx0000-4 in matched group.

Output:

var match = reg.exec(text);
// ["ARCHIVE: KxhASjx0000-4", "KxhASjx0000-4"]

Upvotes: 0

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