Iterative regex matching in JavaScript and avoiding an IE lastIndex bug

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By StevenLevithan
via blog.stevenlevithan.com
Submitted: Apr 14 2008 / 09:43

I'll describe the problem in the context of iterating over matches in a string using the RegExp.prototype.exec method and a while loop. That's where I've most frequently encountered this lastIndex bug, and I think it will help explain why the issue exists in the first place.

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