Regular Expression only returning first result found

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How can I match multiple occurrences with a regex in JavaScript similar to PHP’s preg_match_all()?

I am trying to parse an xml document like this:

var str = data.match("<string>" + "(.*?)" + "</string>");
console.log(str);

I want to get all the elements between the [string] in an array but for some reason, it only returns the first string element found. Im not good with regular expressions so Im thinking this is just a small regex issue.

Sully · Accepted Answer · 2012-10-25T18:33:56.017

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You want it to be global g

var str="<string>1</string><string>2</string><string>3</string>"; 
var n=str.match(/<string>(.*?)<\/string>/g);
 //1,2,3

edited Oct 25 '12 at 18:33

answered Oct 25 '12 at 17:41

Sully

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Worked Perfectly! I knew it was going to be something small like that. chears :) – Farhan Ahmad Oct 25 '12 at 17:50
g actually stands for global. Greedy (+ vs. ?) has a different meaning. – Christophe Oct 25 '12 at 17:52
@Christophe, ops, mybad – Sully Oct 25 '12 at 18:33

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 25 '12 at 17:43

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You have to form the RegEx adding a g to it like

/Regex/g

answered Oct 25 '12 at 17:43

pfried

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Regular Expression only returning first result found

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