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Regex (JS)

Extract Value

> x = 'Spam Eggs'
> reg =/(\w+)\s+Eggs/
>
> x.match(reg)                   // Match object
[
  'Spam Eggs',
  'Spam',
  index: 0,
  input: 'Spam Eggs',
  groups: undefined
]
> x.match(reg)[0]                // Whole string if match
'Spam Eggs'
> x.match(reg)[1]                // Match value within first ()
'Spam'