I have the following JavaScript Regex

As used in /

\[.*(\.jpg|\.png|\.gif|\.bmp|\.jpeg).*\]

As use in jQuery code -

post.html().match(/\[.*(\.jpg|\.png|\.gif|\.bmp|\.jpeg).*\]/g);

This is the sample data I am working with

1. [cid:[email protected]]
2. s[cid:[email protected]]<
3. image.jpg
4. [cid:[email protected]]
5. [cid:[email protected]]
6. [cid:[email protected]]
7. [[cid:[email protected]]
   And again
   [cid:[email protected]]]
8. test.gif

My issue is that on line 7, I would like the two strings enclosed in the [] to be separate, at the moment it is treating the whole line as a match,

I have the following JavaScript Regex

As used in http://regexpal.com/

\[.*(\.jpg|\.png|\.gif|\.bmp|\.jpeg).*\]

As use in jQuery code -

post.html().match(/\[.*(\.jpg|\.png|\.gif|\.bmp|\.jpeg).*\]/g);

This is the sample data I am working with

1. [cid:[email protected]]
2. s[cid:[email protected]]<
3. image.jpg
4. [cid:[email protected]]
5. [cid:[email protected]]
6. [cid:[email protected]]
7. [[cid:[email protected]]
   And again
   [cid:[email protected]]]
8. test.gif

My issue is that on line 7, I would like the two strings enclosed in the [] to be separate, at the moment it is treating the whole line as a match,

• javascript
• regex

1 Answer 1

You need to modify your regexp to change the greediness (note the .*?):

\[.*?(\.jpg|\.png|\.gif|\.bmp|\.jpeg).*?\]