iterative matching regex on code blocks

MegaLoler · MegaLoler · commit 4e1905445225 · 2017-11-27T14:16:20.000-06:00
diff --git a/bot.js b/bot.js
@@ -112,10 +112,11 @@ function logMessage(message, edit)
 // return an array of all the code blocks contained in a string
 function getCodeBlocks(string)
 {
-	// how to make it only collect whats in ( and ) ?
-	// so we don't have to explicitely chop off the code block delimiters?
 	const regex = /\`\`\`([a-z]*[\s\S]*?)\`\`\`/g;
-	return (string.match(regex) || []).map(s => s.slice(3, -3));
+	const result = [];
+	var matches;
+	while((matches = regex.exec(string)) !== null) result.push(matches[1]);
+	return result;
 }
 
 // return an array of links of some domain in a string

Original file line number	Diff line number	Diff line change
`@@ -112,10 +112,11 @@ function logMessage(message, edit)`
`112`	`112`	`// return an array of all the code blocks contained in a string`
`113`	`113`	`function getCodeBlocks(string)`
`114`	`114`	`{`
`115`		`- // how to make it only collect whats in ( and ) ?`
`116`		`- // so we don't have to explicitely chop off the code block delimiters?`
`117`	`115`	const regex = /\`\`\`([a-z][\s\S]?)\`\`\`/g;
`118`		`- return (string.match(regex) \|\| []).map(s => s.slice(3, -3));`
	`116`	`+ const result = [];`
	`117`	`+ var matches;`
	`118`	`+ while((matches = regex.exec(string)) !== null) result.push(matches[1]);`
	`119`	`+ return result;`
`119`	`120`	`}`
`120`	`121`
`121`	`122`	`// return an array of links of some domain in a string`