extracting string in javascript

From this string:
"(EVAL)(H:somestring)Other Text here"

I need to extract "(H:somestring)" and "somestring" into variables where somestring will could be and set of characters.

Below is not working.

<script type="text/javascript">
var x = "(EVAL)(H:somestring)Some other Text here";
var full =(x.match(/\(H\:(.*?)\)/g));	
alert(full);
var inside = (x.match(/\(H\:(.*?)\)/g)); // not sure how
alert(inside);
</script>

Code (markup):

Thanks for any help or information.

 

Just remove that question mark in the expression.

 

I'm on IE 7.

I tried this and it did not work

<script type="text/javascript">
var x = "(EVAL)(H:somestring)Some other Text here";
var full =(x.match(/\(H\:(.*?)\)/g));	
alert(full);
var inside = (x.match(/\(H\:(.*)\)/g)); // without question mark
alert(inside);
</script>

Code (markup):

Both produce "(H:somestring)"

However, this (aparently without /g for greedy?

var inside = (x.match(/\(H\:(.*?)\)/)); // not sure how

Code (markup):

produces "(H:\somestring),somestring"

How do I address the second one?

thanks.

 

I suggest you test your regexp with the online regexp tester.

Your regexp has returned both (H:somestring)" and "somestring". (H:somestring) can be extracted in the return of match method. "somestring" submatch can be extracted with RegExp.$1.