regex

See regex under / for regex details

Create Object

var re = /pattern/flags;
var re = /ab+c/;

Flags

Flag	Description
g	Global search.
i	Case-insensitive search.
m	Multi-line search.
u	unicode; treat a pattern as a sequence of unicode code points
y	Perform a "sticky" search that matches starting at the current position in the target string. See sticky

Functions

Array of info: ["(AERO ST)", index: 18, input: "Aerospace Studies (AERO ST)", groups: undefined];

Method	Description
exec	RegExp method, search for match, return array of info or null	var myRe = /d(b+)d/g; var myArray = myRe.exec('cdbbdbsbz');
test	RegExp method, check for match, returns true or false
match	String method, search for a match, returns an array of info or null	"Aerospace Studies (AERO ST)".match(/(.*)/) => ["(AERO ST)", index: 18, input: "Aerospace Studies (AERO ST)", groups: undefined]
search	String method, that tests for a match in a string. It returns the index of the match, or -1 if the search fails.
replace	A String method that executes a search for a match in a string, and replaces the matched substring with a replacement substring.
split	A String method that uses a regular expression or a fixed string to break a string into an array of substrings.