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JavaScript Tutorial » Regular Expressions » RegExp Object

26.7.10.RegExp.exec()

Syntax

regexp.exec(string)

The exec() method of the RegExp object executes the search for a match in a specified string.

The results are returned in an array.

The string passed contains the string the regular expression is trying to match in.

<html>

    <body>

    <script language="JavaScript">

    <!--

    myRe=/xyz*/g;



    str = "abcxyzdefhij"

    myArray = myRe.exec(str);

    document.writeln("Found " + myArray[0] + " in the pattern: " + "<b>" + "abcxyzdefhij " + "</b>" + " at index " + (myRe.lastIndex - 3));

    -->

    </script>

    </body>

    </html>

26.7.RegExp Object
	26.7.1.	RegExp()
	26.7.2.	RegExp,$* (1)
	26.7.3.	RegExp.$& (2)
	26.7.4.	RegExp,$_ (3)
	26.7.5.	RegExp.$` (4)
	26.7.6.	RegExp.$' (5)
	26.7.7.	RegExp.$+ (6)
	26.7.8.	RegExp.$1,$2,..$9
	26.7.9.	RegExp.compile()
	26.7.10.	RegExp.exec()
	26.7.11.	RegExp.global
	26.7.12.	RegExp.ignoreCase
	26.7.13.	RegExp.input
	26.7.14.	RegExp.lastIndex
	26.7.15.	RegExp.lastMatch
	26.7.16.	RegExp.lastParen
	26.7.17.	RegExp.leftContext
	26.7.18.	RegExp.multiline
	26.7.19.	RegExp.rightContext
	26.7.20.	RegExp.source
	26.7.21.	RegExp.test()

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