Question

I want to create array of javascript’s regexp match string from the text below.

.root
 this is root
..child 1
 this is child 1
 this is also child 1's content.
...child 1-1
 this is child 1-1

..child 2
 this is child 2
...child 2-1
 this is child 2-1
.root 2
 this is root 2

and desired array is below

array[0] = ".root
 this is root"

array[1] = "..child 1
 this is child 1
 this is also child 1's content"

array[2] = "...child 1-1
 this is child 1-1
"

array[3] = "..child 2
 this is child 2"

array[4] = "...child 2-1
 this is child 2-1"

array[5] = ".root 2
 this is root 2"

In Java, I can do like ^\..*?(?=(^\.|\Z)), but in Javascript there is no \Z, . doesn’t match newline character, and $ matches newline character (not just the end of string).

How can I achieve this array?
I use this site ( http://www.gethifi.com/tools/regex ) to test regexp.

Answer 1

text.split(/\r?\n^(?=\.)/gm) produces the same array.

text.match(/^\..*(\r?\n[^.].*)*/gm) ugly, but still.