Latest web development tutorials

×

JavaScript Reference

JavaScript

JS String JS Number JS Operators JS Statements JS Math JS Date JS Array JS Boolean JS RegExp JS Global JS Conversion

Browser BOM

Window Navigator Screen History Location

HTML DOM

DOM Document DOM Elements DOM Attributes DOM Events DOM Style

HTML Objects

<a> <abbr> <address> <area> <article> <aside> <audio> <b> <base> <bdo> <blockquote> <body> <br> <button> <canvas> <caption> <cite> <code> <col> <colgroup> <datalist> <dd> <del> <details> <dfn> <dialog> <div> <dl> <dt> <em> <embed> <fieldset> <figcaption> <figure> <footer> <form> <head> <header> <h1> - <h6> <hr> <html> <i> <iframe> <img> <ins> <input> button <input> checkbox <input> color <input> date <input> datetime <input> datetime-local <input> email <input> file <input> hidden <input> image <input> month <input> number <input> password <input> radio <input> range <input> reset <input> search <input> submit <input> text <input> time <input> url <input> week <kbd> <keygen> <label> <legend> <li> <link> <map> <mark> <menu> <menuitem> <meta> <meter> <nav> <object> <ol> <optgroup> <option> <output> <p> <param> <pre> <progress> <q> <s> <samp> <script> <section> <select> <small> <source> <span> <strong> <style> <sub> <summary> <sup> <table> <td> <th> <tr> <textarea> <time> <title> <track> <u> <ul> <var> <video>

Other Objects

CSSStyleDeclaration

JavaScript RegExp toString Method

< JavaScript RegExp Object

Example

Return the string value of the regular expression:

var patt = new RegExp("Hello World", "g");
var res = patt.toString();

The result of res will be:

/Hello World/g

Try it Yourself »

Definition and Usage

The toString() method returns the string value of the regular expression.

Browser Support

Method
toString()	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes

Syntax

RegExpObject.toString()

Parameters

None.

Return Value

Type	Description
String	The string value of the regular expression

Technical Details

JavaScript Version:	1.1

< JavaScript RegExp Object