RegEx match all words with a prefix
Published on 17 July 2014 at 15:47 by
Here is a snippet to match all words that begin with a specified prefix.
/\bprefix\S+/g
JavaScript implementation:
"test tbl_test1 tbl_test2 test".match(/\btbl_\S+/g)
Or
/\btbl_\S+/g.exec("test tbl_test1 tbl_test2 test")
Which is the same as:
var regex = /\btbl_\S+/g;
matches = [],
match;
while (match = regex.exec(line)) {
matches.push(match[0]);
}
If you want a dynamic prefix, use RegExp:
var regex = new RegExp('\\b' + prefix + '\\S+', 'g'),
matches = [],
match;
while (match = regex.exec(line)) {
matches.push(match[0]);
}