The global property indicates whether or not the "g" flag is used with the regular expression. global is a read-only property of an individual regular expression instance.
RegExp.prototype.global
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Property attributes of RegExp.prototype.global |
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|---|---|
| Writable | no |
| Enumerable | no |
| Configurable | yes |
Description
The value of global is a Boolean and true if the "g" flag was used; otherwise, false. The "g" flag indicates that the regular expression should be tested against all possible matches in a string. A regular expression defined as both global ("g") and sticky ("y") will ignore the global flag and perform sticky matches.
You cannot change this property directly.
Examples
Using global
var regex = new RegExp('foo', 'g'); console.log(regex.global); // true var str = 'fooexamplefoo'; var str1 = str.replace(regex, ''); console.log(str1); // Output: example var regex1 = new RegExp('foo'); var str2 = str.replace(regex1, ''); console.log(str2); // Output: examplefoo
Specifications
Browser compatibility
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global |
1
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12
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1
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5.5
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5
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1
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1
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18
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4
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10.1
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1
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1.0
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1.0
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0.10.0
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prototype_accessor |
48
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12
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38
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5.5
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35
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1.3
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48
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48
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38
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35
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1
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5.0
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1.0
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6.0.0
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See also
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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/RegExp/global
