match (String - JavaScript)

Gets substrings that match a regular expression.

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Syntax

match(regExp:RegExp) : string[]

Parameters	Description
`regExp`	A regular expression. This can be a literal or a `RegExp` object.

Return value	Description
`string[]`	The matching string or strings.

Examples

(1) This example finds a regular expression literal.

var cities = new String("Paris   Moscow   Tokyo");
var regexp = /(Moscow)/;
var a = cities.match(regexp);
if(a == null)
	return "No match";
else
	return a[0];

(2) This example finds a regular expression object.

var cities = new String("Paris   Moscow   Tokyo");
var regexp = new RegExp("(moscow)", "i");
var a = cities.match(regexp);
if(a == null)
	return "No match";
else
	return a[0];

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