Javascript with RegEx works fine elsewhere but gives an error in iMacros

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viking
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Javascript with RegEx works fine elsewhere but gives an error in iMacros

Post by viking » Sun Jul 26, 2020 9:59 am

I am trying to do a search and replace of the characters from the end of "Parameter 1 =" to the end of the line.
For example:
"Parameter 1 = 42" => "Parameter 1 = 11"

The following javascript works elsewhere:

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var str="Parameter 1 = 42";`
var res=str.replace(/(?<=Parameter 1 =).*$/, "11");
alert(res);
However, in iMacros I get an error:

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SyntaxError: invalid regexp group, line 6 (Error code: -991)
p.s. I intend to use this with the EVAL function so that it can also be used in the newer versions of iMacros (that is if I can find out why iMacros throws the error).

Firefox Developer Edition (Portable) v. 55.0b2 (64-bit)
iMacros v. 8.9.7
WIN7 (64 bit)
viking
Posts: 244
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Re: Javascript with RegEx works fine elsewhere but gives an error in iMacros

Post by viking » Tue Jul 28, 2020 8:38 am

I suspect that the RegEx engine in iMacros may not support look-back?
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