split string in javascript with regex?

Question

I have the following string in javascript,

Id:121,RefId:123,Date:Sep 22, 2012 12:00:00 AM  

when i tried to split it into 3 key,value pairs using , as the separator it is giving me wrong out put because in date there is another ,(comma).
So i guess i must use regular expression.
I want to display it as follows;

Id:121   
RefId:123   
Date:Sep 22, 2012 12:00:00 AM  

Can anyone please suggest how to overcome the extra comma in date using regular expression?
Thanks in Advance...

Answer 1

You mean split on the , which is followed not the white space?

'Id:121,RefId:123,Date:Sep 22, 2012 12:00:00 AM  '.split(/,(?=\S)/);
// will give you ["Id:121", "RefId:123", "Date:Sep 22, 2012 12:00:00 AM  "]

Answer 2

if you really want a regular expression (instead of a limited split) you could do this:

var text = "Id:121,RefId:123,Date:Sep 22, 2012 12:00:00 AM";
text.match(/^(.+?),(.+?),(.+)$/);

Answer 3

If you would like to use a regular expression, you can try this:

re = /^Id:(\d+),RefId:(\d+),Date:(.+)/
matches = re.exec("Id:121,RefId:123,Date:Sep 22, 2012 12:00:00 AM")
matches[1] // "121"
matches[2] // "123"
matches[3] // "Sep 22, 2012 12:00:00 AM"