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POHow can I match multiple occurrences with a regex in JavaScript similar to PHP's preg_match_all()?
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copied!<p>I am trying to parse url-encoded strings that are made up of key=value pairs separated by either <code>&</code> or <code>&amp;</code>. </p> <p>The following will only match the first occurrence, breaking apart the keys and values into separate result elements:</p> <pre><code>var result = mystring.match(/(?:&|&amp;)?([^=]+)=([^&]+)/) </code></pre> <p>The results for the string '1111342=Adam%20Franco&348572=Bob%20Jones' would be:</p> <pre><code>['1111342', 'Adam%20Franco'] </code></pre> <p>Using the global flag, 'g', will match all occurrences, but only return the fully matched sub-strings, not the separated keys and values:</p> <pre><code>var result = mystring.match(/(?:&|&amp;)?([^=]+)=([^&]+)/g) </code></pre> <p>The results for the string '1111342=Adam%20Franco&348572=Bob%20Jones' would be:</p> <pre><code>['1111342=Adam%20Franco', '&348572=Bob%20Jones'] </code></pre> <p>While I could split the string on <code>&</code> and break apart each key/value pair individually, is there any way using JavaScript's regular expression support to match multiple occurrences of the pattern <code>/(?:&|&amp;)?([^=]+)=([^&]+)/</code> similar to PHP's <code>preg_match_all()</code> function?</p> <p>I'm aiming for some way to get results with the sub-matches separated like:</p> <pre><code>[['1111342', '348572'], ['Adam%20Franco', 'Bob%20Jones']] </code></pre> <p>or </p> <pre><code>[['1111342', 'Adam%20Franco'], ['348572', 'Bob%20Jones']] </code></pre>

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