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JavaScript - Match

The match() method searches a string for a match against a regular expression, and returns the matches, as an Array object.


let demo1 = document.getElementById("demo1");
let str = "The rain in SPAIN stays mainly in the plain.";
let results = str.match(/ain/g);
demo1.innerHTML = results;

// example 2 - finds '1234'
let demo2 = document.getElementById("demo2");
let str4 = "123456789";
let patt4 = /[1-4]/g;
let results2 = str4.match(patt4);
demo2.innerHTML = results2;


Regular Expression Modifiers
Modifiers can be used to perform case-insensitive searches.

  • i - Perform case-insensitive matching
  • g - Perform a global match (find all matches rather than stopping after the first match)
  • m - Perform multiline matching