Is this possible? Using only an one liner JavaScript regexp

Question

How can I convert this into an one-liner JavaScript regex?

html.replace(/src="(.*?)"/gi, function($1)
{  return $1.replace(/(abc.*?)\/abc/gi, "abc");
});

The above code block should be self-explanatory of what I'm trying to accomplish, but I'll elaborate.

What I'm trying to accomplish is replace all matches of this regex /src="(.*?)"/ which contains the substring: abc[random_characters]/abc to just abc. And so for example

src="abc[random_characters]/abc[random_characters]" => src="abc[random_characters]"

Edit: One-liner without the anonymous function call or callback.

Edit: Solution

html.replace(/src="abc(?:.*?)\/(abc[^"]+)"/gi, "src=\"$1\"");

html.replace(/src="(.*?)"/gi, function($1) { return $1.replace(/(abc.*?)\/abc/gi, "abc");}); ha ha -- 1 line, just got rid of the carriage returns. — Uncle Iroh
– Uncle Iroh, Commented Dec 12, 2014 at 23:34
Your requirements are unclear, please add concret examples of original strings and expected results. — Casimir et Hippolyte
– Casimir et Hippolyte, Commented Dec 12, 2014 at 23:55
Maybe I should be clear on it. I should of have said one-liner without the function call or callback. — lijian5128
– lijian5128, Commented Dec 13, 2014 at 3:59
Note that the solutions below won't work if src doesn't start with abc. Are you sure it is what you want? — nhahtdh
– nhahtdh, Commented Dec 13, 2014 at 4:41

Kuba Rakoczy · Accepted Answer · 2014-12-13 00:04:54Z

2

Use backreference:

html.replace(/src="(abc[^\/]*\/?)+"/gi, 'src="$1"');

(abc[^\/]*\/?) — matches abc + random characters (except for /);
"$1" — a backreference to the captured group.

However, I'm not quite sure it satisfies you requirements. Your description of a problem is a little bit inconsistent.

edited Dec 13, 2014 at 0:04

answered Dec 12, 2014 at 23:59

Kuba Rakoczy

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2 Comments

lijian5128 Over a year ago

Somewhat satisfied my requirement, but anyway I figured out already.

Kuba Rakoczy Over a year ago

I posted it 2 days ago ;) Anyway, I'm glad you got it running.

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