Why is my javascript regex pattern not catching multiple instances?

Question

I'm getting back in the swing of things and am stuck on this regular expression.

'2s3d3s'.match(/\d\D+/);

Why is this not returning ['2s, '3d', 3s']?

I specified the regex to capture multiple instances but it's only catching the first instance.

Unmitigated · Accepted Answer · 2018-08-22 20:26:00Z

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Use the /g modifier (used to perform a global match rather than stopping after the first match) to find all occurrences of a match.

console.log('2s3d3s'.match(/\d\D+/g));

answered Aug 22, 2018 at 20:24

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So simple! Thanks a bunch. I'll mark it as correct in a few minutes. Thanks.

@DanRubio No problem.