JavaScript RegExp * Quantifier
Example 1
Do a global search for an "l", followed by zero or more "o" characters:
var str = "Hellooo World! Hello W3Schools!";
var patt1 = /lo*/g;
The marked text below shows where the expression gets a match:
Hellooo World! Hello W3Schools!
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Definition and Usage
The n* quantifier matches any string that contains zero or more occurrences of n.
Browser Support
| Expression | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| * | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Syntax
new RegExp("n*")
or simply:
/n*/
Syntax with modifiers
new RegExp("n*","g")
or simply:
/\n*/g
More Examples
Example 2
Do a global search for a "1", followed by zero or more "0" characters:
var str = "1, 100 or 1000?";
var patt1 = /10*/g;
The marked text below shows where the RegExp gets a match:
1, 100 or 1000?
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JavaScript RegExp Object
