title: My regular expression is not working Node.js?
body: <p>I have a regular expression which extracts some text to an array. The code works fine in the frontEnd but it doesn't work in the node.js server.</p>
  
  <p>Whenever I run the code in the backend I get this error message:</p>
  
  <pre><code>TypeError: Cannot read property '1' of null
     at C:\Users\PureTech\master\app\server\routes.js:26:11
     at Layer.handle [as handle_request] (C:\Users\PureTech\node_modules\express\lib\router\layer.js:95:5)
     at next (C:\Users\PureTech\node_modules\express\lib\router\route.js:131:13)
     at Route.dispatch (C:\Users\PureTech\node_modules\express\lib\router\route.js:112:3)
     at Layer.handle [as handle_request] (C:\Users\PureTech\node_modules\express\lib\router\layer.js:95:5)
     at C:\Users\PureTech\node_modules\express\lib\router\index.js:277:22
     at Function.process_params (C:\Users\PureTech\node_modules\express\lib\router\index.js:330:12)
     at next (C:\Users\PureTech\node_modules\express\lib\router\index.js:271:10)
     at C:\Users\PureTech\node_modules\express-session\index.js:433:7
     at C:\Users\PureTech\node_modules\connect-mongo\lib\connect-mongo.js:305:11 
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>This is the code I'm talking about. It is a  regular expression that extracts specific numbers in the "text" variable to an array.</p>
  
  <pre><code>var text = '[Extracted] id: 194805284, Waxaad $55 ka heshay  MAXAMED  CABDILAAHI JAAMAC SAALAX (252906152669) Tar: 15/04/19 08:44:40, Haraagaagu waa $1,042.7[Extracted] id: 193537533, Waxaad $3 ka heshay  ABDULKADIR  ABDIDAHIR FARAH (907794804) Tar: 14/04/19 10:15:32, Haraagaagu waa $59.17';
  var reso = text.replace("$", "");
  var textArray = reso.split('[Extracted]');
  
  var regularExpression = new RegExp(/id:\s+([0-9]+).+Waxaad\s+([0-9]+).+[^\(]+\(([0-9]+)\)\s+Tar:\s+([0-9\/\s:]+)/i);
  var output = [];
  var item;
  for(var i = 1; i &lt; textArray.length;  i++){
      item = textArray[i].match(regularExpression);
      output.push({
          id: item[1].trim(),
          amount: item[2].trim(),
          time: item[3].trim(),
          number: item[4].trim()
      });
  }
  
  console.log(output);
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I want this script to work on the backend(node.js) as it works on the frontEnd. </p>