JavaScript RegExp Tutorial
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JavaScript RegExp - <b>(.*)</b>
JavaScript RegExp - <b>(.*)</b>
Description
<b>(.*)</b> matches any string enclosed within <b> and </b>.
Example
Following example shows usage of RegExp expression.
<html>
<head>
<title>JavaScript RegExp</title>
</head>
<body>
<script type = "text/javascript">
var str = "<b>ab</b>";
var pattern = /<b>(.*)</b>/g;
var result = str.match(pattern);
document.write("Test 1 - returned value : " + result);
str = "pap";
result = str.match(pattern);
document.write("<br/>Test 2 - returned value : " + result);
</script>
</body>
</html>
Output
Test 1 - returned value : ab Test 2 - returned value : nullAdvertisements