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topical media & game development

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basic-regex-19-RegExpExecExample2.htm / htm


  <html>
  <head>
  <title>RegExp exec() Method Example with global attribute set.</title>
  <script language="javascript" type="text/javascript">
  var myRegExp = /((A|B|C)(\d{3}))/ig;
  var entry;
  
  function PatternProcess(entry){
  var displayString = "";
  
  while ((result = myRegExp.exec(entry)) != null ){
  displayString += "Matched '" + result;
  displayString += "' at position " + result.index + "\n";
  displayString += "The next match attempt begins at position " + myRegExp.lastIndex + "\n";
  displayString += "The whole matching string is " + result[0] + "\n";
  displayString += "The content of the outer parentheses is " + result[1] + "\n";
  displayString += "The content of the first nested parentheses is " + result[2] + "\n";
  displayString += "The content of the second nested parentheses is " + result[3] + "\n";
  alert(displayString);
  displayString = "";
  } // end while loop
  } // end function Process(entry)
  
  function ShowPrompt(){
  entry = prompt("This script tests for matches for the regular expression pattern: " + myRegExp + ".\nType in a string and click on the OK button.", "Type your text here.");
  PatternProcess(entry);
  } // end function ShowPrompt()
  
  </script>
  </head>
  <body>
  <form name="myForm">
  <br />
  <button type="Button" onclick="ShowPrompt()">Click here to enter text.</button>
  </form>
  </body>
  </html>

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