jQuery Get All Occurrences of a String inside a String

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In this example you can get all occurrences of an email address on the web page. Useful if you have to change the email address for a specific page or sub section of your site. Might be useful to screen scrape email addresses off web pages too, although that’s not what i am trying to achieve here. See more jQuery .each Examples. i = insensitive (case) g= global search m = match over multiple lines

var iframeSrc = 'test.html?param=value&email=noobs@noob.com&moreparams=values';
var emailRegex= /[._a-zA-Z0-9-]+@[._a-zA-Z0-9-]+/igm;

console.log(iframeSrc);
console.log(emailRegex.test(iframeSrc));
console.log(iframeSrc.match(emailRegex));

$.each(iframeSrc.match(emailRegex), function(index, value) { 
     console.log(index + ". " + value);
});
//output: 0. noobs@noob.com
This find all html between the tags:
var secureQueryRegex = /(
)/igm; /* loop for each query found in data */ $.each(data.match(secureQueryRegex), function(index, value) { console.log(index + ". " + value); }); //example output: //0. query=find all shops //1. query=find all locations
//etc...

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) about Finding Occurrences of a Substring in a String

How can I find all occurrences of a substring in a string using jQuery?

jQuery does not have a built-in function to find all occurrences of a substring in a string. However, you can use JavaScript’s match() function in combination with a global regular expression. Here’s an example:

var string = "Hello, world! Hello, user!";
var substring = "Hello";
var occurrences = string.match(new RegExp(substring, 'g'));

In this code, ‘g’ is a flag that indicates a global search, meaning it will find all matches, not just the first one.

Can I use the match() function to find occurrences of a substring in a string in Python?

In Python, you can use the count() function to find all occurrences of a substring in a string. Here’s an example:

string = "Hello, world! Hello, user!"
substring = "Hello"
occurrences = string.count(substring)

In this code, the count() function returns the number of occurrences of the substring in the string.

How can I find all occurrences of a substring in a list of strings in Python?

You can use a combination of the count() function and a for loop to find all occurrences of a substring in a list of strings. Here’s an example:

list_of_strings = ["Hello, world!", "Hello, user!", "Goodbye, world!"]
substring = "Hello"
occurrences = [string.count(substring) for string in list_of_strings]

In this code, the for loop iterates over each string in the list, and the count() function finds the number of occurrences of the substring in each string.

Can I use the match() function to find occurrences of a substring in a string in JavaScript?

Yes, you can use the match() function in JavaScript to find all occurrences of a substring in a string. However, you need to use it in combination with a global regular expression, as shown in the answer to question 1.

How can I find the positions of all occurrences of a substring in a string in JavaScript?

You can use a while loop in combination with the indexOf() function to find the positions of all occurrences of a substring in a string. Here’s an example:

var string = "Hello, world! Hello, user!";
var substring = "Hello";
var positions = [];
var position = string.indexOf(substring);

while (position != -1) {
positions.push(position);
position = string.indexOf(substring, position + 1);
}

In this code, the while loop continues as long as the indexOf() function returns a position, which it does not when it can no longer find the substring. The positions of the occurrences are stored in the positions array.

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Sam Deering has 15+ years of programming and website development experience. He was a website consultant at Console, ABC News, Flight Centre, Sapient Nitro, and the QLD Government and runs a tech blog with over 1 million views per month. Currently, Sam is the Founder of Crypto News, Australia.

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