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JavaScript RegExp \W Metacharacter

RegExp Object Reference JavaScript RegExp Object

Definition and Usage

The \W metacharacter is used to find a non-word character.

A word character is a character from a-z, A-Z, 0-9, including the _ (underscore) character.

Syntax

new RegExp("\W")

or simply:

/\W/

Example

Example

Do a global search for non-word characters in a string:

var str="Give 100%!";
var patt1=/\W/g;

The marked text below shows where the expression gets a match:

Give 100%!

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RegExp Object Reference JavaScript RegExp Object

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