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Description

Returns true or false for a match between a regular expression and a string.

• Will advance past the previous match when called multiple times on the same regular expression.

Syntax

Parameters

Examples

The code below displays the test() method on a string.

var aRegExp = /and/g;
var aString = new String 'one and two and three and four';
var testValues = new Array();
var i = 0;

while (aRegExp.test(aString)==true) {
  testValues[i] = 'test() found a result.' + aRegExp.test(aString)
	+ ' Match will continue at index: ' 
	+ aRegExp.lastIndex + '\n'; 
  i++;
}

alert(testValues);

Related Tutorials

JavaScript Intermediate Tutorials - Lesson 9 - Regular Expressions

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