split out nullprint and set up space.regex multi-return

1 files changed, 15 insertions, 11 deletions

diff --git a/space.js b/space.js
index c5a0927..9125c54 100644
--- a/space.js
+++ b/space.js
@@ -138,12 +138,7 @@ function Space(){
     return loc;
   }
 
-  this.regex = function(strlines){
-    if (typeof strlines[0] !== 'string') throw ".regex needs arr of strings";
-    let lines = [];
-    for (let i = 0; i < strlines.length; i++) {
-        lines.push(new RegExp(strlines[i], 'g'));
-    }
+  this.nullprint = function(){
     let data = [];
     for (let ln of this.data){
       let newln = "";
@@ -153,9 +148,19 @@ function Space(){
       }
       data.push(newln);
     }
-    let loc;
+    return data;
+  }
+
+  this.regex = function(strlines){
+    if (typeof strlines[0] !== 'string') throw ".regex needs arr of strings";
+    let lines = [];
+    for (let i = 0; i < strlines.length; i++) {
+        lines.push(new RegExp(strlines[i], 'g'));
+    }
+    let data = this.nullprint();
+    let loc = [];
     data.forEach( (ln, ind) => {
-      if (loc || ((data.length - ind) < lines.length)) return;
+      if (((data.length - ind) < lines.length)) return;
       let match;
       while ( (match = lines[0].exec(ln)) !== null){
         let xdisp = match.index;
@@ -168,12 +173,11 @@ function Space(){
           }
         }
         if (lnmatch){
-          loc = [ind, xdisp];
-          break;
+          loc.push([ind, xdisp]);
         }
       }
     });
-    return (loc === undefined ? [] : loc);
+    return loc;
   }
 
   this.subsection = function(range){ // range is a coordinate pair