Description

The match() method searches for a match between a regular expression and a string, and returns the matches.

This method has the form:

String.match(regexp)

Parameter	Description
regexp	(required) A regular expression

Examples

The following example shows the basic use of this method.

<script>
var s = "The rain in SPAIN stays mainly in the plain";
var pat = "/ain/gi";
document.write(s.match(pat));
</script>

This produces the following result:

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