Example
Do a global search for "Schools" NOT at the beginning or end of a word in a string:
var str = "Visit w3ii";
var patt1 = /\BSchool/g;
The marked text below shows where the expression gets a match:
Visit W3Schools
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Definition and Usage
The \B metacharacter is used to find a match not at the beginning or end of a word.
If no match is found, it returns null.
Browser Support
| Expression | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| \B | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Syntax
new RegExp("\\Bregexp")
or simply:
/\Bregexp/
Syntax with modifiers
new RegExp("\\Bregexp","g")
or simply:
/\Bregexp/g
< JavaScript RegExp Object