Matching everything after first pipe character in Javascript RegEx

Question

I have this string:

"http://www.yahoo.com/abc/123|X|Y|Z"

I need to get everything after the first pipe with a regex. So I would want to be left with this string:

"X|Y|Z"

How do I do this in JavaScript?

Answer 1

Using a simpler regex

var str = "http://www.yahoo.com/abc/123|X|Y|Z";
var aryMatches = str.match(/\|(.*)/);
// aryMatches[1] will have your results

regex explaination

Answer 2

First group contains the expected characters,

^.*?\|(.*)$

DEMO

Answer 3

You can use this regex:

/^[^|]*\|(.*)/

And use matched group #1 for your match.

Answer 4

Converting my comment to an answer:

Shockingly, regexes are not the answer to everything.

> xkcd

Try this:

str.split("|").slice(1).join("|");

This splits your string on pipe characters, slices off the first item, then joins the rest with pipes again.

Answer 5

Forget the splitting and splicing, just use a substring

var str = "http://www.yahoo.com/abc/123|X|Y|Z";
str.substr(str.indexOf("|") + 1);