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findBetween(content, left, right, [repeat])

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findBetween(content, left, right, [repeat])

Function that returns a string from between two other strings.

Parameter	Type	Description
content	string	The string to search through (e.g. Response.body)
left	string	The string immediately before the value to be extracted
right	string	The string immediately after the value to be extracted
repeat (optional)	boolean	If `true`, the result will be a string array containing all occurrences

Returns

Type	Description
string	The extracted string, or an empty string if no match was found. If `repeat=true`, this will be an array of strings or an empty array

Example

import { findBetween } from 'https://jslib.k6.io/k6-utils/1.2.0/index.js';

export default function () {
  const response = '<div class="message">Message 1</div><div class="message">Message 2</div>';

  const message = findBetween(response, '<div class="message">', '</div>');

  console.log(message); // Message 1

  const allMessages = findBetween(response, '<div class="message">', '</div>', true);
  console.log(allMessages.length); // 2
}