how to adjust javascript regexpression

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I need to adjust a regex I am using for a file name. currently the file is structured 02-2015 VRF WE32.pdf the regex splits up the string into 3 pieces by the spaces. This works fine. the result is

02-2015
VRF
WE32

But now i need to split the string into 4 pieces. the 4th being the digits in the 'WE32'. so it needs to look like this

02-2015
VRF
WE
32

Here is what I am using, including some screenshots

var matchesPip = file.name.match(/^\d+\D\d+\s*(\S*\s*)(\S*)/i);
var matchesLoc = file.name.match(/^\d+\D\d+\s*?(\S*)\s*(\S*?)\./i);
var matchesLocCode = file.name.match(NEED HELP HERE);
    $scope.pip = $scope.pipeLookup[matchesPip[1]];
    $scope.loc = $scope.locationLookup[matchesLoc[2]];
    $scope.locCode = $scope.locationCodeLookup[matchesLocCode[3]];

dfsq · Accepted Answer · 2015-06-27 21:38:27Z

2

Looks like you just need to provide number matching group (\d+) after non-spaces one:

^(\d+\D\d+)\s*?(\S*)\s*(\S*?)(\d+)\.

Test: https://regex101.com/r/bP7oF2/1

answered Jun 27, 2015 at 21:38

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Alp · Accepted Answer · 2015-06-27 21:38:41Z

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Why don't you use split instead ? For example

var fn = '02-2015 VRF WE32.pdf';
var chunks = fn.split(' ');
var moreChunks = chunks[2].split('.');
alert (moreChunks[0]);

will give you WE32

answered Jun 27, 2015 at 21:38

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