Question

How can I use regex in javascript to put items and its values in a array ?

This is my data sample:

battery.voltage: 13.50
battery.voltage.nominal: 12.0
beeper.status: enabled
device.type: ups
driver.name: blazer_ser
driver.parameter.pollinterval: 2

Thanks

Answer 1

use the below code to do that… here variable data contains your data…

data=data.split(/\n+/);
var output={};
for(var i=0;i<data.length;i++){
     var a=data[i].split(/:\040+/);
     output[a[0]]=a[1];
}

These codes will give you an array like below…

Array ( 
    battery.voltage: "13.50",
    battery.voltage: "12.0",
    beeper.status: "enabled",
    device.type: "ups",
    driver.name: "blazer_ser",
    driver.parameter.pollinterval: "2"
)

Example:

output['driver.name'] === "blazer_ser"