Javascript/RegExp: Lookbehind Assertion is causing a “Invalid group” error

Question

I\'m doing a simple Lookbehind Assertion to get a segment of the URL (example below) but instead of getting the match I get the following error:

Uncaught Syn         


        

Answer 1

Also you could use String.prototype.match() instead of RegExp.prototype.exec() in the case of global(/g) or sticky flags(/s) are not set.

var regex = /\#\!\/([^\/]+)/;
var url = "http://my.domain.com/index.php/#!/write-stuff/something-else";
var match = url.match(regex); // ["#!/write-stuff", "write-stuff", index: 31, etc.,]
console.log(match[1]); // "write-stuff"

Answer 2

Javascript doesn't support look-behind syntax, so the (?<=) is what's causing the invalidity error. However, you can mimick it with various techniques: http://blog.stevenlevithan.com/archives/mimic-lookbehind-javascript

Answer 3

I believe JavaScript does not support positive lookbehind. You will have to do something more like this:

<script>
var regex = /\#\!\/([^\/]+)/;
var url = "http://my.domain.com/index.php/#!/write-stuff/something-else";
var match = regex.exec(url);
alert(match[1]);
</script>