match (String - JavaScript)
Gets substrings that match a regular expression.
Defined in
String (Standard - JavaScript)Syntax
Parameters | Description |
---|---|
regExp |
A regular expression. This can be a literal
or a RegExp object. |
Return value | Description |
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string[] |
The matching string or strings. |
Examples
(1) This example finds a regular expression literal.var cities = new String("Paris Moscow Tokyo");
var regexp = /(Moscow)/;
var a = cities.match(regexp);
if(a == null)
return "No match";
else
return a[0];
(2) This example finds a regular expression object.
var cities = new String("Paris Moscow Tokyo");
var regexp = new RegExp("(moscow)", "i");
var a = cities.match(regexp);
if(a == null)
return "No match";
else
return a[0];