Question

Lets say I have the following string

def name1
 toSomething

def name2 
  toSomethingElse

How could I find name1 and name2.

Using string.match(/(?:def) (.*)/) gives me:

name1
 toSomething

def name2 
  toSomethingElse

So how can I search the string line by line?

Answer 1

You could try with:

/(?:def)\s+([^\s]+)/g

In the first group you will have what you need (name1, etc).

See here: http://regex101.com/r/rH0yH8

An example of how to run it:

var s = "def name1\ntoSomething\n\ndef name2 \ntoSomethingElse"
var re = /(?:def)\s+([^\s]+)/g

while (x = re.exec(s)) {
    alert(x[1])
}