js regex between strings with repeated characters

Question

I want to match on the contents of some code between the strings var and );

I'm currently using:

var([^)]+)\);

And this matches, except for when another closing bracket appears elsewhere in the text. So,

var (this does match);
var (this) doesn't match but should);

Regex example here

quirimmo · Accepted Answer · 2017-06-01 22:01:09Z

1

You could use simply this one if I understood fine what you want to match:

/var(.*);/

answered Jun 1, 2017 at 22:01

quirimmo

10k3 gold badges33 silver badges46 bronze badges

Sign up to request clarification or add additional context in comments.

2 Comments

This will need g flag

yes, that works! its always the simple answers that are best.