Couldn't split this string with regex properly

Question

I got this

'','','{12345678},{87654321}','lk12l1k2l12lkl12lkl121l2lk12'

trying to match it using '(.*?)',|'(.*?)'

It successfully got my 4 chunks

''
''
'{12345678},{87654321}'
'lk12l1k2l12lkl12lkl121l2lk12'

But I am trying to use the same regex in split... it doesn't like it. :(

var str = "'','','{12345678},{87654321}','lk12l1k2l12lkl12lkl121l2lk12'";
str.split(/'(.*?)',|'(.*?)'/);

Any idea...? ugh.

It splitted incorrectly, instead of 4, is getting 12, basically it considering ' as 1, also , as 1 as well. — codenamezero
– codenamezero, Commented Mar 31, 2014 at 15:59

friedi · Accepted Answer · 2014-03-31 16:27:33Z

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Why are you using split?

You can get your four chunks with match:

var chunks = str.match(/'[^']*'/g);

answered Mar 31, 2014 at 16:27

friedi

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Thank you master, is it possible to remove the single quotes using the match at the same time?

For IE > 8: str.match(/'[^']*'/g).map(function(v) { return v.slice(1, -1)})

SparoHawk · Accepted Answer · 2014-03-31 16:26:31Z

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Is the split() neccessary?

You could always get the information between the quotes using match().

test.match(/'(.*?)'/g)

Test it please.

answered Mar 31, 2014 at 15:53

SparoHawk

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Nope, tried something similar before I post, your solution messes up with the inner comma.

I changed my answer. Please check it out and let me know.