JavaScript Regular Exp
A regular expression is a sequence of characters that forms a search pattern.
The search pattern can be used for text search and text replace operations.
What Is a Regular Expression?
A regular expression is a sequence of characters that forms a search pattern.
When you search for data in a text, you can use this search pattern to
describe what you are searching for.
A regular expression can be a single character, or a more complicated pattern.
Regular expressions can be used to perform all types of text search and text
replace operations.
Syntax
/pattern/modifiers;
Example
/w3schools/i;
Example explained:
/w3schools/i is a regular expression.
w3schools is a pattern (to be used in a search).
i is a modifier (modifies the search to be case-insensitive).
Using String Methods
In JavaScript, regular expressions are often used with the two string methods:
search() and replace().
The search() method uses an expression to search for a match, and returns
the position of the match.
The replace() method returns a modified string where the pattern is replaced.
Using String search() With a String
The search() method searches a string for a specified value and returns the
position of the match:
Example
Use a string to do a search for "W3schools" in a string:
let text = "Visit W3Schools!";
let n = text.search("W3Schools");
The result in n will be:
