split string on relative links

react-tuto/splitRe.js

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+var re=/\[[a-zA-Z0-9\s]+\]\(@\d+\.\d+\)/
+
+var md = 'bla bla bla [rel link 1](@2.1) bla bla [link 2](@3.4)'
+var matches;
+var firstMatch;
+var matchIndex;
+var remaining = md;
+var bits = [];
+var beforeMatch;
+var afterMatch;
+
+do {
+
+  matches = re.exec(remaining);
+  if(! matches) {
+    break;
+  }
+  firstMatch = matches[0];
+  matchIndex = remaining.indexOf(firstMatch);
+  beforeMatch = remaining.slice(0, matchIndex);
+  remaining = remaining.slice(firstMatch.length + matchIndex);
+  bits.push({
+    md: beforeMatch
+  });
+  bits.push({
+    link: firstMatch
+  });
+
+} while(1)
+
+console.log(bits);