String match()
str.match(regexp)
str
is a stringmatch
is function nameregexp
is a regular expression. if string is provided for this parameter, then the string is converted to regular expression
match() method returns an array of values that are matched in the string str
for the matching regexp
Examples
1. find all matchings in the string str
with the regular expression /apple/ig
in str
. this regular expression matches for the string 'apple'
globally with case -insenitive
let str = 'apple banana Apple mango';
let matchings = str.match(/apple/ig);
console.log(matchings);