JavaScript match() Method: String Object

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

Description

The match() method is used to match a regular expression against a string.

Version

Implemented in JavaScript 1.2

Syntax

match(regExp)

Parameter

regExp : Name of the regular expression.

Example:

In the following web document match() method is used to match a regular expression in a given string.

<!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 String object - match() method example</title>
</head>
<body>
<h1 style="color: red">JavaScript String object : match() method</h1>
<hr />
<script type="text/javascript">
//This is done to make the following JavaScript code compatible to XHTML. <![CDATA[
str = "abcDdcba"; 
newArray = str.match(/d/gi); 
document.write(newArray);
//]]>
</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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