JavaScript RegExp . Metacharacter
Example
Do a global search for "h.t" in a string:
var str = "That's hot!";
var patt1 = /h.t/g;
The marked text below shows where the expression gets a match:
That's hot!
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Definition and Usage
The . metacharacter is used to find a single character, except newline or other line terminators.
Browser Support
| Expression | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| . | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Syntax
new RegExp("regexp.")
or simply:
/regexp./
Syntax with modifiers
new RegExp("regexp.","g")
or simply:
/regexp./g
JavaScript RegExp Object
