Name

RegExp.toString() — convert a regular expression to a string

Inherits from

Overrides Object.toString()

Synopsis

regexp.toString()

Returns

A string representation of regexp.

Throws

TypeError

If this method is invoked on an object that is not a RegExp.

Description

The RegExp.toString() method returns a string representation of a regular expression in the form of a regular-expression literal.

Note that implementations are not required to add escape sequences to ensure that the returned string is a legal regular-expression literal. Consider the regular expression created by the expression new RegExp("/","g"). An implementation of RegExp.toString() could return ///g for this regular expression; it could also add an escape sequence and return /\//g.

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