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This property is only present when the [ ` d ` ](/en- US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/RegExp/hasIndices) flag is set. It is an array where each entry represents the bounds of a substring match. The index of each element in this array corresponds to the index of the respective substring match in the arra...
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With some abstraction, you can require ` lastIndex ` to be set to a particular value before each ` exec() ` call. js function createMatcher(pattern) { // Create a copy, so that the original regex is never updated const regex = new RegExp(pattern, "g"); return (input, offset) => { ...
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Using the constructor function provides runtime compilation of the regular expression. Use the constructor function when you know the regular expression pattern will be changing, or you don't know the pattern and are getting it from another source, such as user input.
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Special characters in regular expressions. Characters / constructs | Corresponding article ---|--- ` [xyz] ` , ` [^xyz] ` , ` . ` , ` \d ` , ` \D ` , ` \w ` , ` \W ` , ` \s ` , ` \S ` , ` \t ` , ` \r ` , ` \n ` , ` \v ` , ` \f ` , ` [\b] ` , ` \0 ` , ` \c _X_ ` , ` \x _hh_ ` , ` \u _hhhh_ ` , ` \u _{hhhh}_ ` , ` _x_ ...
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### Using special characters to verify input
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## In this article
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# Regular expressions
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