JavaScript multiline Property: RegExp Object

Last update on August 19 2022 21:50:37 (UTC/GMT +8 hours)

Description

The multiline property of the RegExp object is used to determine whether or not to search in strings across multiple lines.

The value of multiline is true if the "m" flag is used, otherwise false.

Version

Implemented in JavaScript 1.2

Syntax

RegExp.multiline

Example:

The following web document demonstrates how the multiline property can be used.

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" />
<title>JavaScript Regexp multiline Property : Example-1</title>
</head>
<body>
<h1 style="color: red">JavaScript Regexp multiline Property</h1>
<hr />
<script type="text/javascript">
//This is done to make the following JavaScript code compatible to XHTML. <![CDATA[
var rex = new RegExp("The quick brown fox", "m");
if ( rex.multiline )
{
document.write("Multiline property is set");
}
else
{
document.write("Multiline property is not set");
}
//]]>
</script>
</body>
</html>

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Supported Browser

Internet Explorer 7	Firefox 3.6	Google Chrome 7	Safari 5.0.1	Opera 10
Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes

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