String match()
In JavaScript, String.match() method is used to find all the matching substring with a regular expression.
Syntax
str.match(regexp)
str
is a string.match
is function name.regexp
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);