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A function to extract all mentioned @usernames from a string
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extractAllMentionedUsernames.js
function extractAllMentionedUsernames(str) {
var pattern = /\B@[a-z0-9_-]+/gi;
var arr = str.match(pattern) || []
return arr.map((u) => u.replace('@', ''))
}
// if str = '@lwdthe1 are you @lincoln_w_daniel?'
// extractAllMentionedUsernames(str) => ['lwdthe1', 'lincoln_w_daniel']
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