RegExp

 Wraps regular expressions.

QuickLinks

RegExp, compile, exec, test, toString

Properties

Property	Type	Access	Description
$1	string	readonly	The matched subexpression #1.
$2	string	readonly	The matched subexpression #2.
$3	string	readonly	The matched subexpression #3.
$4	string	readonly	The matched subexpression #4.
$5	string	readonly	The matched subexpression #5.
$6	string	readonly	The matched subexpression #6.
$7	string	readonly	The matched subexpression #7.
$8	string	readonly	The matched subexpression #8.
$9	string	readonly	The matched subexpression #9.
global	bool	r/w	Indicates whether the match is a global match.
ignoreCase	bool	r/w	Indicates whether the match is not case sensitive.
input	string	r/w	The original input string.
lastMatch	string	readonly	The last match.
lastParen	string	readonly	The value of the last matched subexpression.
leftContext	string	readonly	The string before the match.
multiline	bool	r/w	Indicates whether the match matches multiple lines.
rightContext	string	readonly	The string after the match.

Methods

RegExp RegExp (pattern:string)
Creates and returns a new RegExp object set to the value of the argument converted to a regular expression.

Parameter	Type	Description
pattern	string	The pattern to convert.

bool compile (pattern:string)
Compiles a string to a regular expression. Returns true if the compilation was successful.

Parameter	Type	Description
pattern	string	The pattern to compile.

Array exec (text:string)
Execute a regular expression.

Parameter	Type	Description
text	string	The string to match.

bool test (text:string)
Execute a regular expression, and return true if there is a match.

Parameter	Type	Description
text	string	The string to match.

string toString ()
Converts this RegExp object to a string.

Used in

String.match (regexp:RegExp)

String.search (search:RegExp)

Return

RegExp RegExp.RegExp (pattern:string)

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