Extracting numbers from a string using regular expressions

Question

I am clueless about regular expressions, but I know that they\'re the right tool for what I\'m trying to do here: I\'m trying to extract a numerical value from a string like thi

Answer 1

Try something like this:

/\^assignment_group=(\d*)\^/

This will get the number for assignment_group.

var str = 'approval=not requested^assignment_group=12345678901234567890123456789012^category=Test^contact_type=phone^',
    regex = /\^assignment_group=(\d*)\^/,
    matches = str.match(regex),
    id = matches !== null ? matches[1] : '';
console.log(id);