Multiple keyword select from a string of text

Question

I'm trying to create a post having tags in between. So I'm trying to retrieve all the keyword which are followed by # using simple regex expression.

var hashtag = $('p').text().match(/#\w+\s/);
console.log(hashtag);

I'm using the .match() function to find the match of the defined regex expression, but it is only displaying one keyword, whereas I have two.

Is there any way to retrieve multiple keywords?

`match` isn't a "jQuery function." It's a JavaScript standard library function. jQuery is just a DOM manipulation library (plus some utilities). — T.J. Crowder, Jul 05 '18 at 07:55
`.match(/#\w+\s?/g)` maybe? Should be global and and the space on the end is optional? — Eddie, Jul 05 '18 at 08:00

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 05 '18 at 07:53

2

Just pass the g flag to your regex (/#\w+\s/g):

var hashtag = $('p').text().match(/#\w+\s/g);
console.log(hashtag);

<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<p>
This is some text that #has #hash #tags
</p>

answered Jul 05 '18 at 07:53

BenM

I've tried that already. That does not help. I think the .match() function returns only single value. – ujjwal verma Jul 05 '18 at 07:56
@ujjwalverma That's not true. You can run the code snippet and see it working fine using `match()`... – BenM Jul 05 '18 at 07:57
this will not work as intended if I give this input :
#dinesh dfgdfg #ravi#xyz dfgdfg#EEE#rty gbghgf #SOLUTION
– Dinesh Ghule Jul 05 '18 at 08:08
I was doing something wrong at my end. Got stuck in loops. It worked though. Thanks. – ujjwal verma Jul 05 '18 at 08:12

Dinesh Ghule · Accepted Answer · 2018-07-05T08:21:17.233

1

var hashtag = $('p').text().match(/#\w*\s*/gi);
console.log(hashtag);

<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<p>#this is #the#text with#regular#expression hash #tags</p>

edited Jul 05 '18 at 08:21

answered Jul 05 '18 at 08:04

Dinesh Ghule

this will work for all possible combination of inputes – Dinesh Ghule Jul 05 '18 at 08:05
this one is much better approach. Thanks, it helped. – ujjwal verma Jul 05 '18 at 08:10

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