Multiple keyword select from a string of text [duplicate]

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
– T.J. Crowder, Commented Jul 5, 2018 at 7:55
.match(/#\w+\s?/g) maybe? Should be global and and the space on the end is optional? — Eddie
– Eddie, Commented Jul 5, 2018 at 8:00

BenM · Accepted Answer · 2018-07-05 07:53:46Z

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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 5, 2018 at 7:53

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I've tried that already. That does not help. I think the .match() function returns only single value.

@ujjwalverma That's not true. You can run the code snippet and see it working fine using match()...

this will not work as intended if I give this input : <p>#dinesh dfgdfg #ravi#xyz dfgdfg#EEE#rty gbghgf #SOLUTION</p>

I was doing something wrong at my end. Got stuck in loops. It worked though. Thanks.

score 1 · Accepted Answer · 2018-07-05 08:21:17Z

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>