Name

test() — NN 4 IE J3 ECMA n/a

Synopsis

test(string)

Returns true if there is a match of the regular expression anywhere in the string passed as a parameter; false if not. No additional information is available about the results of the search. This is the fastest way to find out if a pattern matches within a string.

Returned Value

Boolean.

Parameters

string

The string to be searched.

Get Dynamic HTML: The Definitive Reference now with the O’Reilly learning platform.

O’Reilly members experience books, live events, courses curated by job role, and more from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers.