TypeScript string replace with regex, groups and partial string

function formatStr(str){
  str = str.replace(/(\d{1,3})(\d{0,3})(\d{0,3})(\d{0,2})/g, function(a, b, c, d, e){
        let ret = "";
        if(b != "")
            ret = b;
        if(c != "")
            ret = ret+"." + c;
        if(d != "")
            ret = ret+"." + d;
        if(e != "")
            ret = ret+"-" + e;
        return ret;
  })
  console.log(str);
}

formatStr('12312312312');
formatStr('1231231');