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JavaScript RegExp.prototype.toString() MethodThe toString() method returns a string which represents the regular expression. Syntax
RegExpObj.toString(); Parameters
NA Return valueThis method returns the string representing the given object. Example 1
var str = "";
var re = new RegExp( "","g" );
var result = re.toString(str);
document.write("<br />Returned value : " + result);
Output: Returned value : /(?:)/g Example 2
document.write (new RegExp("a+b+c","g").toString());
document.write(new RegExp("<br\>gt+yu").toString());
document.write(new RegExp("<br\>abcd").toString());
document.write(new RegExp('<br\>\\n', 'g').toString());
Output: /a+b+c/g/ gt+yu// abcd// \n/g Example 3
var str = "scripting language";
var re = new RegExp( "script", "g" );
var result = re.toString(str);
document.write("Returned value : " + result);
re = new RegExp( "","g" );
var result = re.toString(str);
document.write("<br />Returned value : " + result);
Output: Returned value : /script/g Returned value : /(?:)/g
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