RegEx to extract all matches from string using RegExp.exec

Question

I\'m trying to parse the following kind of string:

[key:\"val\" key2:\"val2\"]

where there are arbitrary key:\"val\" pairs inside. I want t

Answer 1

Here is my function to get the matches :

function getAllMatches(regex, text) {
    if (regex.constructor !== RegExp) {
        throw new Error('not RegExp');
    }

    var res = [];
    var match = null;

    if (regex.global) {
        while (match = regex.exec(text)) {
            res.push(match);
        }
    }
    else {
        if (match = regex.exec(text)) {
            res.push(match);
        }
    }

    return res;
}

// Example:

var regex = /abc|def|ghi/g;
var res = getAllMatches(regex, 'abcdefghi');

res.forEach(function (item) {
    console.log(item[0]);
});