javascript - How can I match on, but exclude a regex pattern?

Question

I have this URL:

http://example.com/createSend/step4_1.aspx?cID=876XYZ964D293CF&snap=true&jlkj=kjhkjh&

And this regex pattern:

cID=[^&]*

Which produces this result:

cID=87B6XYZ964D293CF

How do I REMOVE the "cID="?

Thanks

Answer 1

You can either use lookbehind (not in Javascript):

(?<=cID=)[^&]*

Or you can use grouping and grab the first group:

cID=([^&]*)