RegExp.rightContext

JavaScript 1.2+, JScript 3.0+ Nav4+, NES3+, IE4+ Syntax

							regexp.rightContext

Description

The rightContext property of the RegExp object represents the substring following the most recent pattern match.

Example

Listing 6.224 shows how the rightContext property is used.

Listing 6.224 Example of rightContext
 <html> <body> <script language="JavaScript"> <!–– Hide // define a regular expression pattern and match globally pat = /be*/gi; // create a string object var str = "Eat Drink and be Merry."; // create an array to hold the results myArray = pat.exec(str); document.write("In the string: " + "<b>" + "Eat Drink and be Merry" + "</b><br><br>"); document.write("The RegExp.rightContext is: " + RegExp.rightContext); // ...

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