JavaScript match() Method
 Complete String Object Reference
Definition and Usage
The match() method searches for a specified
value in
a string.
This method is similar to indexOf() and lastIndexOf(), but it returns the specified
value, instead of the position of the string.
Syntax
stringObject.match(searchvalue)
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| Parameter |
Description |
| searchvalue |
Required. Specifies a string value to search for |
Tips and Notes
Note: The match() method is case sensitive!
Note: This method returns null if the string value to search for never
occurs.
Example
In this example we will do different searches within a "Hello world!" string:
<script type="text/javascript">
var str="Hello world!";
document.write(str.match("world") + "<br />");
document.write(str.match("World") + "<br />");
document.write(str.match("worlld") + "<br />");
document.write(str.match("world!"));
</script>
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The output of the code above will be:
Try-It-Yourself Demos
match()
How to use match() to search within a string.
Complete String Object Reference
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