JavaScript: Advanced Guide to Programming Code with JavaScript (JavaScript, Java, Python, Programming, Code, Project Management, Computer Programming Book 4) by Charlie Masterson

JavaScript: Advanced Guide to Programming Code with JavaScript (JavaScript, Java, Python, Programming, Code, Project Management, Computer Programming Book 4) by Charlie Masterson

Author:Charlie Masterson [Masterson, Charlie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-02-09T08:00:00+00:00


Chapter 10:

Regular Expressions – Methods

The JavaScript regular expression method contains two main methods for string testing: test() and exec().

Theexec() Method

This method takes an argument and a string and checks to see if there are one or more matches in the string to a pattern that is specified in the regular expressions. If the matches are found, a result array is returned by the method showing the starting point of each match. If there are no matches, null is returned.

Thetest() Method

This method will also take a string and an argument and check the string for pattern matches. If there is a match, true will be returned; if not, false is returned. This is incredibly useful in form validations scripts.

The following example show how to use this to test a social security number. Ignore the regular expression syntax for now, we will be looking at that in the next chapter:

Example:

RegularExpressions/Demos/SsnChecker.html

<!DOCTYPE HTML>

<html>

<head>

<meta charset="UTF-8">

<title>ssn Checker</title>

<script type="text/javascript">

var reSSN = /^[0-9]{3}[\- ]?[0-9]{2}[\- ]?[0-9]{4}$/;



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