Regular Expressions in JavaScript

Question

I need to get all the numbers that start with #.

"this is sentence 1 . Item number #4567 "

"this is sentence 2. Item number #8937 and #6723"

I am using JavaScript.

Using regular expression how do I get all the numbers in a string.

C. K. Young · Accepted Answer · 2010-02-17 01:24:02Z

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var matches = "Item number #8937 and #6723".match(/#\d+/g);
print(matches[0]);   // #8937
print(matches[1]);   // #6723

answered Feb 17, 2010 at 1:24

C. K. Young

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3 Comments

I would vote the answer up, but it's too easy to deserve a vote I think.

@darkporter: That's perfectly good with me. Your vocal "vote" of confidence is very much appreciated. :-)

I can have 1 or 10 such numbers. It is not limited to 2.