I have a string like object/array nodes. need to convert string to nodes, using regular expression
const variableName = "parent1[0].child[2].grandChild['name'].deep_child"; // should be n number of child`
// expected result:
const array = ['parent1',0,'child',2,'grandChild','name','deepChild'];
// Note: array's strings property should be any valid variable name like 'parenet' or 'parent1' or 'PARENT' or '_parent_' or 'deep_child'Note
You can get the desired result by using split
[^\w]
after splitting you may get empty strings so you can use a filter to filter out them. At last convert the required number that are in string to type number
const variableName = "parent1[0].child[2].grandChild['name'].deep_child";
const result = variableName
.split(/[^\w]/)
.filter(_ => _)
.map(a => (isNaN(parseInt(a)) ? a : parseInt(a)));
console.log(result);Try with regex /[\[\].']+/g.
This regex catches the group between [ and ]. and splits the string there. Also if ant node of the generated array is a number, convert that to a number using a map function.
const variableName = "parent1[0].child[2].grandChild['name'].deep_child";
const output = variableName
.split(/[\[\].']+/g)
.map((node) => isNaN(node) ? node : Number(node));
console.log(output);
0 or 2 as a number not string10k. Right
What you are looking for is a split of multiple conditions. A simple and good aproach is to replace all of them except one and finally make the split:
// should be n number of child`
const variableName = "parent1[0].child[2].grandChild['name'].deep_child";
const array = variableName
.replaceAll("'", "")
.replaceAll("].", "[")
.split("[")
.map((x) => (isNaN(x) ? x : +x));
console.log(array);