match Method

Performs a search on a string using the supplied Regular Expression object.

Syntax

stringObj.match(rgExp)

Arguments

strObj

The name of a String object. Required

rgExp

The Regular Expression object to use in the search. Required.

Remarks

The match method, which behaves like the exec method, returns an array of values.
Element zero of the array contains the last matched characters. Elements 1...n contain matches to any parenthesized substrings in the regular expression.
The method updates the contents of the RegExp object.

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