i need to find the first occurrence of string between two string in Javascript, this is an example of my string:

"$$ hi my name is Mark $$"

i want get the text between the $$ how can i do that?

i need to find the first occurrence of string between two string in Javascript, this is an example of my string:

"$$ hi my name is Mark $$"

i want get the text between the $$ how can i do that?

• javascript
• string

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You can use following regex

 var myStr = "$$ hi my name is Mark $$ And his name is John $$";
 var matches = myStr.match(/\$\$(.*?)\$\$/);
 var str = matches && matches.length ? matches[1] : '';

 alert(str);

Regex Explanation

1. /: Delimiter of regex
2. \$: Matches $ literal(Need to escape using \)
3. (): Capturing group
4. .*?: Matches any string

You can use a regular expression :

var mys = /\$\$(.*)\$\$/.exec('$$ hi my name is Mark $$')[1]

You can do this with regular expressions. As you only want the first match make sure to use non greedy.

var yourVariable = "$$ hi my name is Mark $$ more stuff $$";
var match = yourVariable.match(/\$\$(.*?)\$\$/)[1];
alert(match);