Javascript Regex Match Capture is returning whole match, not group

Question

re = /\\s{1,}(male)\\.$/gi

\"A girl is a female, and a boy is a male.\".match(re);

this results in \" male.\"

what i want is \"male\"

Answer 1

In String.prototype.match(), captured groups are not returned.

If you need the capture groups use RegExp.prototype.exec(). It will return an array, first element will be the whole match, and next elements will be capture the capture groups.

var regexObj = /\s{1,}(male)\.$/gi;

console.log(regexObj.exec('A girl is a female, and a boy is a male.'));

Will output:

[' male.', 'male'] // Second element is your capture group