JavaScript API Reference for Oracle ADF Faces

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org.ecmascript.object
Class RegExp

org.ecmascript.object.Object
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public class RegExp
extends Object

The native browser JavaScript object used to work with regular expressions.
An instance can also be created with the shorthand /pattern/attributes.

Note that this object is implemented and supported by the web browser and results of its use may vary.

See also:

String.match(RegExp)

String.replace(RegExp, String)

String.search(RegExp)

String.split(RegExp, Number)

Field Summary

public Boolean	global Describes whether the "g" attribute is applied to this regular expression.
public Boolean	ignoreCase Describes whether the "i" attribute is applied to this regular expression.
public String	input The text that the patter is matched against.
public Number	lastIndex The index at which the next index will be performed from.
public String	lastMatch The recently-found match.
public String	lastParen The recently-found parenthesized match.
public String	leftContext The text before the recently-found match.
public Boolean	multiline Describes whether the "m" attribute is applied to this regular expression.
public String	rightContext The text after the recently-found match.
public String	source The the regular expression pattern.

Fields inherited from org.ecmascript.object.Object

constructor, prototype

Constructor Summary

public

RegExp(String pattern, String attributes) The native browser JavaScript object used to work with regular expressions.

Method Summary

public void	compile(String pattern) Updates the pattern of this regular expression.
public String	exec(String input) Searches the input string for a match.
public Boolean	test(String input) Determines whether the input string has a match.

Field Detail

global

public Boolean global

Describes whether the "g" attribute is applied to this regular expression. If applied, all matches will be found; not stopping after finding the first match.

ignoreCase

public Boolean ignoreCase

Describes whether the "i" attribute is applied to this regular expression. If applied, matches will be made in a case-insensitive manner.

input

public String input

The text that the patter is matched against.

lastIndex

public Number lastIndex

The index at which the next index will be performed from.

lastMatch

public String lastMatch

The recently-found match.

lastParen

public String lastParen

The recently-found parenthesized match.

leftContext

public String leftContext

The text before the recently-found match.

multiline

public Boolean multiline

Describes whether the "m" attribute is applied to this regular expression. If applied, matches will be made across multiple lines.

rightContext

public String rightContext

The text after the recently-found match.

source

public String source

The the regular expression pattern.

Constructor Detail

RegExp

public RegExp(String pattern,
String attributes)

The native browser JavaScript object used to work with regular expressions.
An instance can also be created with the shorthand /pattern/attributes.

Note that this object is implemented and supported by the web browser and results of its use may vary.

Parameters:

pattern	-	the regular expression pattern
attributes	-	the regular expression attributes; use "g" for global, "i" for ignore case, and "m" for multi-line

Method Detail

compile

public void compile(String pattern)

Updates the pattern of this regular expression.

Parameters:

pattern

-

the new pattern

Return:

void - null

exec

public String exec(String input)

Searches the input string for a match.

Parameters:

input

-

the String to search

Return:

String - the matched text or null if not found

test

public Boolean test(String input)

Determines whether the input string has a match.

Parameters:

input

-

the String to search

Return:

Boolean - null true if the match was found, false if not found

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