: (...)

(pattern)

/(ab)|(cd)/.exec("cd"); // ['cd', undefined, 'cd']

/([ab])+/.exec("abc"); // ['ab', 'b']; because "b" comes after "a", this result overwrites the previous one

/c(?=(ab))/.exec("cab"); // ['c', 'ab']
/(?<=(a)(b))c/.exec("abc"); // ['c', 'a', 'b']
/(?<=([ab])+)c/.exec("abc"); // ['c', 'a']; because "a" is seen by the lookbehind after the lookbehind has seen "b"

/((a+)?(b+)?(c))*/.exec("aacbbbcac"); // ['aacbbbcac', 'ac', 'a', undefined, 'c']

function parseDate(input) {
  const parts = /^(\d{4})-(\d{2})-(\d{2})$/.exec(input);
  if (!parts) {
    return null;
  }
  return parts.slice(1).map((p) => parseInt(p, 10));
}

parseDate("2019-01-01"); // [2019, 1, 1]
parseDate("2019-06-19"); // [2019, 6, 19]

function parseTitle(metastring) {
  return metastring.match(/title=(["'])(.*?)\1/)[2];
}

parseTitle('title="foo"'); // 'foo'
parseTitle("title='foo' lang='en'"); // 'foo'
parseTitle('title="Named capturing groups\' advantages"'); // "Named capturing groups' advantages"