JS regex matchAll

matchAll.js

'use strict';

function matchAll(re, str) {
  let result = [], tmp;
  while ( (tmp = re.exec(str)) !== null ) {
    tmp.shift();
    result = result.concat(tmp);
  }
  return result;
}

module.exports = {
  matchAll
};

test.js

const { matchAll } = require('./matchAll');

let reKeyValuePair = /\s*#(\w+)\s*:\s*([^#]+)\s*/g;
let testString = '#hoo: foo #howdy: noodle face things #stuff: otherstuff!';

matchAll(reKeyValuePair, testString);

// output: ["hoo", "foo ", "howdy", "noodle face things ", "stuff", "otherstuff!"]