Javascript regex multiple captures again

Question

Ok, I think I need to repost my question that was originally:

Javascript Regex group multiple

with a full example. I have:

        var text         


        

Answer 1

exec returns only ONE result at a time and sets the pointer to the end of that match. Therefore, if you want to get ALL matches use a while loop:

while ((match = regex.exec( text )) != null)
{
    console.log(match);
}

To get all matches at one shot, use text.match(regex), in which the regex has g (global flag) specified. The g flag will make match find all matches to the regex in the string and return all the matches in an array.

[edit] and that's why my example HAD a g flag set! [/eoe]

var text = ""+ 
           "                           " +
           "                           " +
           "                          " +
           "                           " +
           "       " +
           "        " +
           "                          " +
           "";

// Note the g flag
var regex = /<([a-zA-Z]*?):([a-zA-Z]*?)\s([\s\S]*?)>/gm;

var match = text.match( regex );
console.log(match);

SIMPLE TEST:

Try it

working perfectly...