regex to grab url from string

Question

I have this json object

arr[i].text

which returns

check this http://www.newlook.com/shop/womens/dresses/navy-short-sleeve-check-tunic-dress-_320165649

I want to return only the URL with a regex like so:

 var urlreg = /(\bhttps?\:\/\/(www)?\.\w+\.\w+(\/[\w\d\-]+)*)/; 
match = urlreg.exec(arr[i].text );

but doesn't work, is it something to with it being an object and not a string?

Works for me `'check this http://www.newlook.com/shop/womens/dresses/navy-short-sleeve-check-tunic-dress-_320165649'.match(/(\bhttps?\:\/\/(www)?\.\w+\.\w+(\/[\w\d\-]+)*)/)[1]` — Tushar, Aug 07 '15 at 10:36
What if you do it like `match = urlreg.exec(""+arr[i].text);`? See http://jsfiddle.net/zdyksaft/, your regex is working with a simple string input. — Wiktor Stribiżew, Aug 07 '15 at 10:42
Works for me too. However, this regex can be more generalised for domain/subdomain matching. Check my answer. — Haywire, Aug 07 '15 at 10:56

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 07 '15 at 10:55

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Try: var urlreg = /(https?:\/\/(\w+\.)+\w+(\/[\w\-_]+)+)/\/?

Here is a demo

answered Aug 07 '15 at 10:55

Haywire

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