var matchRecursive = function () {
var formatParts = /^([\S\s]+?)\.\.\.([\S\s]+)/,
metaChar = /[-[\]{}()*+?.\\^$|,]/g,
escape = function (str) {
return str.replace(metaChar, "\\$&");
};
return function (str, format) {
var p = formatParts.exec(format);
if (!p) throw new Error("format must include start and end tokens separated by '...'");
if (p[1] == p[2]) throw new Error("start and end format tokens cannot be identical");
var opener = p[1],
closer = p[2],
iterator = new RegExp(format.length == 5 ? "["+escape(opener+closer)+"]" : escape(opener)+"|"+escape(closer), "g"),
results = [],
openTokens, matchStartIndex, match;
do {
openTokens = 0;
while (match = iterator.exec(str)) {
if (match[0] == opener) {
if (!openTokens)
matchStartIndex = iterator.lastIndex;
openTokens++;
} else if (openTokens) {
openTokens--;
if (!openTokens)
results.push(str.slice(matchStartIndex, match.index));
}
}
} while (openTokens && (iterator.lastIndex = matchStartIndex));
return results;
};
}();
console.log(matchRecursive("12[3[12123]ghgjh][asd][asdas]123[!@3asd234]", "[...]")); // ["3[12123]ghgjh", "asd", "asdas", "!@3asd234"]