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The Regular Expression Object [3|I]

The Regular Expression (RegExp) object contains the pattern of a Regular Expression.

Parameters

• regexp— Specifies the name of the Regular Expression object. New in JavaScript 1.2 and later.

• pattern— Specifies the text of the Regular Expression. New in JavaScript 1.2 and later.

Flags

• g— Specifies that during the Regular Expression search, the match (and search) should be global.

• gi— Specifies that during the Regular Expression search, case is ignored and during the Regular Expression search, the match (and search) should be global.

• i— Specifies that during the Regular Expression search, case is ignored (that is, the search is not case sensitive).

Properties

• global [true,false]— Sets the g flag value in code, such ...