Num Extraction with RegEx

by BinaryAcid

HTML

<div id="check">
    <p>
        <a href="javascript:showevents(6,6,2012,2,4)">First Link</a>
    </p>
    <p>
        <a href="javascript:showevents(10,6,2012,2,4)">Second Link</a>
    </p>
    <p>
        <a href="javascript:showevents(20,6,2012,2,4)">Third Link</a>
    </p>
</div>

<div id="event_title_scroll">
    <h3>Lorem Ipsum</h3>
    
    <ul>
        <!-- Where the numbers will be generated -->
    </ul> 
</div>

CSS

p {
 background-color: yellow;   
}

JavaScript

$('#check p a').each(function(index) {

    var myString = $(this).attr('href');
    
    var myRegEx = /\((.*?)\)/;
    
    var NumsExtracted = myString.match(myRegEx)[1];
    
    $('#event_title_scroll ul').append('<li>' + NumsExtracted + '</li>');

});