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How to replace numbers with an empty char

i need to replace phone number in string on \n new line.
My string: Jhony Jhons,jhon#gmail.com,380967574366
I tried this:
var str = 'Jhony Jhons,jhon#gmail.com,380967574366'
var regex = /[0-9]/g;
var rec = str.trim().replace(regex, '\n').split(','); //Jhony Jhons,jhon#gmail.com,
Number replace on \n but after using e-mail extra comma is in the string need to remove it.
Finally my string should look like this:
Jhony Jhons,jhon#gmail.com\n

You can try this:
var str = 'Jhony Jhons,jhon#gmail.com,380967574366';
var regex = /,[0-9]+/g;
str.replace(regex, '\n');
The snippet above may output what you want, i.e. Jhony Jhons,jhon#gmail.com\n

There's a lot of ways to that, and this is so easy, so try this simple answer:-
var str = 'Jhony Jhons,jhon#gmail.com,380967574366';
var splitted = str.split(","); //split them by comma
splitted.pop(); //removes the last element
var rec = splitted.join() + '\n'; //join them

You need a regex to select the complete phone number and also the preceding comma. Your current regex selects each digit and replaces each one with an "\n", resulting in a lot of "\n" in the result. Also the regex does not match the comma.
Use the following regex:
var str = 'Jhony Jhons,jhon#gmail.com,380967574366'
var regex = /,[0-9]+$/;
// it replaces all consecutive digits with the condition at least one digit exists (the "[0-9]+" part)
// placed at the end of the string (the "$" part)
// and also the digits must be preceded by a comma (the "," part in the beginning);
// also no need for global flag (/g) because of the $ symbol (the end of the string) which can be matched only once
var rec = str.trim().replace(regex, '\n'); //the result will be this string: Jhony Jhons,jhon#gmail.com\n

var str = "Jhony Jhons,jhon#gmail.com,380967574366";
var result = str.replace(/,\d+/g,'\\n');
console.log(result)

Regex match cookie value and remove hyphens

I'm trying to extract out a group of words from a larger string/cookie that are separated by hyphens. I would like to replace the hyphens with a space and set to a variable. Javascript or jQuery.
As an example, the larger string has a name and value like this within it:
facility=34222%7CConner-Department-Store;
(notice the leading "C")
So first, I need to match()/find facility=34222%7CConner-Department-Store; with regex. Then break it down to "Conner Department Store"
var cookie = document.cookie;
var facilityValue = cookie.match( REGEX ); ??

var test = "store=874635%7Csomethingelse;facility=34222%7CConner-Department-Store;store=874635%7Csomethingelse;";
var test2 = test.replace(/^(.*)facility=([^;]+)(.*)$/, function(matchedString, match1, match2, match3){
return decodeURIComponent(match2);
});
console.log( test2 );
console.log( test2.split('|')[1].replace(/[-]/g, ' ') );

If I understood it correctly, you want to make a phrase by getting all the words between hyphens and disallowing two successive Uppercase letters in a word, so I'd prefer using Regex in that case.
This is a Regex solution, that works dynamically with any cookies in the same format and extract the wanted sentence from it:
var matches = str.match(/([A-Z][a-z]+)-?/g);
console.log(matches.map(function(m) {
return m.replace('-', '');
}).join(" "));
Demo:
var str = "facility=34222%7CConner-Department-Store;";
var matches = str.match(/([A-Z][a-z]+)-?/g);
console.log(matches.map(function(m) {
return m.replace('-', '');
}).join(" "));
Explanation:
Use this Regex (/([A-Z][a-z]+)-?/g to match the words between -.
Replace any - occurence in the matched words.
Then just join these matches array with white space.

Ok,
first, you should decode this string as follows:
var str = "facility=34222%7CConner-Department-Store;"
var decoded = decodeURIComponent(str);
// decoded = "facility=34222|Conner-Department-Store;"
Then you have multiple possibilities to split up this string.
The easiest way is to use substring()
var solution1 = decoded.substring(decoded.indexOf('|') + 1, decoded.length)
// solution1 = "Conner-Department-Store;"
solution1 = solution1.replace('-', ' ');
// solution1 = "Conner Department Store;"
As you can see, substring(arg1, arg2) returns the string, starting at index arg1 and ending at index arg2. See Full Documentation here
If you want to cut the last ; just set decoded.length - 1 as arg2 in the snippet above.
decoded.substring(decoded.indexOf('|') + 1, decoded.length - 1)
//returns "Conner-Department-Store"
or all above in just one line:
decoded.substring(decoded.indexOf('|') + 1, decoded.length - 1).replace('-', ' ')
If you want still to use a regular Expression to retrieve (perhaps more) data out of the string, you could use something similar to this snippet:
var solution2 = "";
var regEx= /([A-Za-z]*)=([0-9]*)\|(\S[^:\/?#\[\]\#\;\,']*)/;
if (regEx.test(decoded)) {
solution2 = decoded.match(regEx);
/* returns
[0:"facility=34222|Conner-Department-Store",
1:"facility",
2:"34222",
3:"Conner-Department-Store",
index:0,
input:"facility=34222|Conner-Department-Store;"
length:4] */
solution2 = solution2[3].replace('-', ' ');
// "Conner Department Store"
}
I have applied some rules for the regex to work, feel free to modify them according your needs.
facility can be any Word built with alphabetical characters lower and uppercase (no other chars) at any length
= needs to be the char =
34222 can be any number but no other characters
| needs to be the char |
Conner-Department-Store can be any characters except one of the following (reserved delimiters): :/?#[]#;,'
Hope this helps :)
edit: to find only the part
facility=34222%7CConner-Department-Store; just modify the regex to
match facility= instead of ([A-z]*)=:
/(facility)=([0-9]*)\|(\S[^:\/?#\[\]\#\;\,']*)/

You can use cookies.js, a mini framework from MDN (Mozilla Developer Network).
Simply include the cookies.js file in your application, and write:
docCookies.getItem("Connor Department Store");

Regular Expression Split and match

I'm learning how to use regular expressions and am a bit confused by something hopefully some one can clarify, if I use the following string and expression I get the expected results with match but the exact opposite if I use split. Beating my head against the wall I don't understand why?
var a = "212,0,,456,,0,67889";
var patt = /,\d{1,5},/gmi;
pos=a.match(patt);
alert(pos);// returns ,0, ,456, and ,0,
pos=a.split(patt);
alert(pos); //returns 212, and ,67889

Split means, look for a match of the pattern on the string and split that string every time you see a match. Also Remove each match you find.
This link has some good examples:
http://www.tizag.com/javascriptT/javascript-string-split.php
"~ a delimiter is used by the split function as a way of breaking up the string. Every time it sees the delimiter we specified, it will create a new element in an array. The first argument of the split function is the delimiter." (The delimiter is the pattern)
Example one:
<script type="text/javascript">
var myString = "123456789";
var mySplitResult = myString.split("5");
document.write("The first element is " + mySplitResult[0]);
document.write("<br /> The second element is " + mySplitResult[1]);
</script>
Output:
The first element is 1234
The second element is 6789
"Make sure you realize that because we chose the 5 to be our delimiter, it is not in our result. This is because the delimiter is removed from the string and the remaining characters are separated by the chasm of space that the 5 used to occupy."
Example Two:
<script type="text/javascript">
var myString = "zero one two three four";
var mySplitResult = myString.split(" ");
for(i = 0; i < mySplitResult.length; i++){
document.write("<br /> Element " + i + " = " + mySplitResult[i]);
}
</script>
Output:
Element 0 = zero
Element 1 = one
Element 2 = two
Element 3 = three
Element 4 = four

Consecutive splits are ignored, so you are just getting the two strings that don't match the regex.

You can use split or match to achieve the same, but you need different regex. For instance, you can use for match:
\d+
Working demo
Code
var re = /\d+/g;
var str = '212,0,,456,,0,67889';
var m;
while ((m = re.exec(str)) !== null) {
if (m.index === re.lastIndex) {
re.lastIndex++;
}
// View your result using the m-variable.
// eg m[0] etc.
}
Or you can use this regex to split:
,+
Working demo

Cannot extract parts of a string

I have a string like this : SPList:6E5F5E0D-0CA4-426C-A523-134BA33369D7?SPWeb:C5DD2ADA-E0C4-4971-961F-233789297FE9:.
Using Javascript, I would like to extract the two IDs (which can be different) : 6E5F5E0D-0CA4-426C-A523-134BA33369D7 and C5DD2ADA-E0C4-4971-961F-233789297FE9.
I'm using this regular expression : ^SPList\:(?:[0-9A-Za-z\-]+)\?SPWeb\:(?:[0-9A-Za-z\-]+)\:$.
I expect this expression to extract into two matching groups the two IDs.
By now, my code is :
var input = "SPList:6E5F5E0D-0CA4-426C-A523-134BA33369D7?SPWeb:C5DD2ADA-E0C4-4971-961F-233789297FE9:";
var myregex = /^SPList\:(?:[0-9A-Za-z\-]+)\?SPWeb\:(?:[0-9A-Za-z\-]+)\:$/g;
var match = input.match(myregex);
var listId = match[0];
var webId = match[1];
However, this is not working as expected. The first match contains the whole string, and the second match is undefined.
What is the proper way to extract my ID's?
Here is a jsfiddle that illustrate my issue.

This should suit your needs:
var regex = /^SPList:([0-9A-F-]+)[?]SPWeb:([0-9A-F-]+):$/g;
var match = regex.exec(input);
var listId = match[1];
var webId = match[2];
I simply replaced the non-capturing groups of your initial regex by capturing groups, and used regex.exec(input) instead of input.match(regex) to get the captured data. Also, since the IDs seem to be hexadecimal values, I used A-F instead of A-Z.

try this:
var myregex = /[^\:]([0-9A-Z\-]+)[^\?|\:]/g;
var match = input.match(myregex);
alert("listID: " + match[1] + "\n" + "webID: " + match[3]);

Javascript split only once and ignore the rest

I am parsing some key value pairs that are separated by colons. The problem I am having is that in the value section there are colons that I want to ignore but the split function is picking them up anyway.
sample:
Name: my name
description: this string is not escaped: i hate these colons
date: a date
On the individual lines I tried this line.split(/:/, 1) but it only matched the value part of the data. Next I tried line.split(/:/, 2) but that gave me ['description', 'this string is not escaped'] and I need the whole string.
Thanks for the help!

a = line.split(/:/);
key = a.shift();
val = a.join(':');

Use the greedy operator (?) to only split the first instance.
line.split(/: (.+)?/, 2);

If you prefer an alternative to regexp consider this:
var split = line.split(':');
var key = split[0];
var val = split.slice(1).join(":");
Reference: split, slice, join.

Slightly more elegant:
a = line.match(/(.*?):(.*)/);
key = a[1];
val = a[2];

May be this approach will be the best for such purpose:
var a = line.match(/([^:\s]+)\s*:\s*(.*)/);
var key = a[1];
var val = a[2];
So, you can use tabulations in your config/data files of such structure and also not worry about spaces before or after your name-value delimiter ':'.
Or you can use primitive and fast string functions indexOf and substr to reach your goal in, I think, the fastest way (by CPU and RAM)
for ( ... line ... ) {
var delimPos = line.indexOf(':');
if (delimPos <= 0) {
continue; // Something wrong with this "line"
}
var key = line.substr(0, delimPos).trim();
var val = line.substr(delimPos + 1).trim();
// Do all you need with this key: val
}

Split string in two at first occurrence
To split a string with multiple i.e. columns : only at the first column occurrence
use Positive Lookbehind (?<=)
const a = "Description: this: is: nice";
const b = "Name: My Name";
console.log(a.split(/(?<=^[^:]*):/)); // ["Description", " this: is: nice"]
console.log(b.split(/(?<=^[^:]*):/)); // ["Name", " My Name"]
it basically consumes from Start of string ^ everything that is not a column [^:] zero or more times *. Once the positive lookbehind is done, finally matches the column :.
If you additionally want to remove one or more whitespaces following the column,
use /(?<=^[^:]*): */
Explanation on Regex101.com

function splitOnce(str, sep) {
const idx = str.indexOf(sep);
return [str.slice(0, idx), str.slice(idx+1)];
}
splitOnce("description: this string is not escaped: i hate these colons", ":")