JavaScript Generator Function for RegEx Capture Groups

regexmatchesgenerator.js

function* getMatches(regex, text) {
  let match;
  while((match = regex.exec(text)) != null) {
    yield match.slice(1);
  }
}


const assignmentRegEx = /^(.*)\s+=\s+(.*)\.$/gm;

for (const match of getMatches(assignmentRegEx, input)) {
    console.log(match);
}