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How to test and execute a regular expression in JavaScript?
Following is the code for testing and executing a regular expression in JavaScript −
Example
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en" >
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8" />
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" />
<title>Document</title>
<style>
body {
font-family: "Segoe UI", Tahoma, Geneva, Verdana, sans-serif;
}
.result,.sample {
font-size: 20px;
font-weight: 500;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<h1>Testing and executing regular expressions</h1>
<div class="sample"></div>
<div style="color: green;" class="result"></div>
<button class="Btn">CLICK HERE</button>
<h3>
Click on the above button to test and execute the regular expression
</h3>
<script>
let sampleEle=document.querySelector('.sample');
let resEle = document.querySelector('.result');
let str = 'Hello world. This is a beautiful world';
sampleEle.innerHTML =str;
let pattern = new RegExp("world");
document.querySelector(".Btn").addEventListener("click", () => {
resEle.innerHTML += 'pattern.test(str) = ' + pattern.test(str) + '<br>';
resEle.innerHTML += 'pattern.exec(str) = ' + pattern.exec(str) + '<br>';
});
</script>
</body>
</html>
Output
The above code will produce the following output −
On clicking the ‘CLICK HERE’ button −
Updated on: 2020-07-15T14:08:31+05:30
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