JavaScript source Property: RegExp Object

Last update on August 19 2022 21:51:07 (UTC/GMT +8 hours)

Description

A read-only property that contains the text of the pattern, excluding the forward slashes and "g" or "i" flags.

The source property of the RegExp object represents the text of the pattern being used for pattern matching.

Version

Implemented in JavaScript 1.2

Syntax

Regexp.source

Example:

The following web document demonstrates how the source 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 source Property : Example-1</title>
</head>
<body>
<h1 style="color: red">JavaScript Regexp source Property</h1>
<hr />
<script type="text/javascript">
//This is done to make the following JavaScript code compatible to XHTML. <![CDATA[
// Create a new RegExp object.
newexp = new RegExp("fox","g");
// Create a string.
str1 = "The quick browm fox jumps over the lazy dog.";
myArray = newexp.exec(str1);
// Display the source
document.write("The source is : " +  newexp.source);
//]]>
</script>
</body>
</html>

View the example in the browser

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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