Suppress unused variable error for destructured arrays
Found an answer almost immediately (ain't it always the way) - when destructuring arrays you can ignore select values by adding an extra comma in:
function getStuffIWant(str: string): string { const [ , // full match stuffIWant, ] = str.match(/1(.*)2/); return stuffIWant;}getStuffIWant("abc1def2ghi");No variable declared, nothing for TypeScript to get all up in arms about.
Alternative syntax as of TypeScript 4.2:
function getStuffIWant(str: string): string { const [ _fullMatch, stuffIWant, ] = str.match(/1(.*)2/); return stuffIWant;}getStuffIWant("abc1def2ghi");Note: str.match can also return null, so the example in the question has an additional compilation error due to ts(2461)