'a121212b'.split( /(12)+/g )
yields
[ "a", "12", "b" ]
Why? I’m trying to get it to split on the 121212. It’s not exactly a complicated regex 🙂
‘a121212b’.split( /(12)+/g ) yields [ a, 12, b ] Why? I’m trying to get
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'a121212b'.split( /(12)+/g )
yields
[ "a", "12", "b" ]
Why? I’m trying to get it to split on the 121212. It’s not exactly a complicated regex 🙂
That is exactly what it is splitting on. It’s also capturing the
12since it’s in parenthesis and returning the captured match. Use?:to say that you don’t want capturing:yields: