Use regex to get array of values from string in javascript

Question

I am trying to get all the words comes with inside bracket in string using javascript but i am not get clear idea. please help me.

Input

"  (  [Field1]  +  [Field2]  )    +    (  [Field3]  -  [Field4]  )  "

Required Output

["Field1","Field2","Field3","Field4"]

Thanks in advance

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score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 27 '16 at 11:13

You can easily use String.prototype.match() that select specific part of string by regex. Note that the \w+ matches word characters.

var str =  "  (  [Field1]  +  [Field2]  )    +    (  [Field3]  -  [Field4]  )  ";
var result = str.match(/\w+/g);
console.log(result);

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