I need this string:
var x = \'Hi ${name}! How are you? ${name}, you are old! ${name} share with ${other} how do u ${feel}!\'
I need to know
I need to know using Regex how much distinct ${ANY_THING} exists
x.match(/\$\{[^\}]+\}/g)
.sort()
.filter(function(element, index, array) {
return index == array.indexOf(element);
}) // this .filter() filters out the duplicates (since JS lacks of built in
// unique filtering functions
.length;
The code above would return 3, as that's how many distinct items are in the x string.
JSFiddle: http://jsfiddle.net/cae6P/
PS: It's not possible to do it with regular expression only. You need to filter duplicates using the .filter() solution or some other similar