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javascriptstringparsingtext-extraction

extract url and name attributes from the given string


the format of the input string is >>

[https://thisisurl.com] This is Name

how to extract "https://thisisurl.com", and "This is url" attributes from it

where the url attribute is given in brackets [???] and remaining text is the name attribute

I want a function that can do this task for me


Solution

  • You can use escape character \ for this as follow:

    const str = '[https://thisisurl.com] This is Name'
    
    const regex = /\[(.*)\] (.*)/i
    const matchResult = str.match(regex)
    
    const url = matchResult[1]
    const name = matchResult[2]
    
    console.log(`url: "${url}" name: "${name}"`)