With JavaScript RegExp search a tab character.

To find a tab character with JavaScript Regular Expression, use the following −

\t

Example

You can try to run the following code to find a tab character. It returns the position where the tab (\t) character is found −

<html>
   <head>
      <title>JavaScript Regular Expression</title>
   </head>
   <body>
      <script>
         var myStr = "Simple \t Responsive!";
         var reg = /\t/;
         var match = myStr.search(reg);

         document.write(match);
      </script>
   </body>
</html>