How to Extract All Matches from a String Using RegExp.exec()?

RegExp to Extract Multiple Matches Using RegExp.exec

To extract all matches from a string using RegExp.exec, you can continue calling re.exec(s) in a loop. The following code snippet demonstrates this:

var re = /\s*([^[:]+):\"([^"]+)"/g;
var s = '[description:"aoeu" uuid:"123sth"]';
var m;

do {
    m = re.exec(s);
    if (m) {
        console.log(m[1], m[2]);
    }
} while (m);

With the provided test string '[description:"aoeu" uuid:"123sth"]', this code will output:

description aoeu
uuid 123sth

Note that the regular expression used here:

• s*: Matches optional whitespace around the colon.
• ([^[:] ): Matches any non-whitespace sequence as the key.
• :: Matches the literal colon.
• ("([^"] )": Matches the value as any non-double-quote sequence enclosed in double quotes.

To test this solution, you can use the provided JSFiddle link: https://jsfiddle.net/7yS2V/.

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