JavaScript RegExp \xxx Metacharacter
Example
Do a global search for octal number 127 (W) in a string:
var str = "Visit W3Schools. Hello World!";
var patt1 = /\127/g;
The marked text below shows where the expression gets a match:
Visit W3Schools. Hello World!
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Definition and Usage
The \xxx character is used to find the Latin character specified by an octal number xxx.
If no match is found, it returns null.
Browser Support
| Expression | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| \xxx | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Syntax
new RegExp("\\xxx")
or simply:
/\xxx/
Syntax with modifiers
new RegExp("\\xxx","g")
or simply:
/\xxx/g
JavaScript RegExp Object
