To match 'b{0,1}rea{0,1}d' : Match « Regular Expressions « JavaScript Tutorial






<html>
<SCRIPT LANGUAGE='JavaScript'>
<!--
var sToMatch = "bread, bed bead sead sea";
var reBreadReadOrRed = /b{0,1}rea{0,1}d/;
alert(reBreadReadOrRed.test(sToMatch)); 

    //-->
</SCRIPT>
</html>








26.6.Match
26.6.1.Regular Expressions: /a/
26.6.2.Match: [aA]
26.6.3.Match: AAA|BBB
26.6.4.Match: [A-Z][0-9]
26.6.5.Matching a single literal character(It can be either a lower or upper case character)
26.6.6.Matching sequences of more than one literal character (The format is two upper case letters, a dash and three numbers)
26.6.7.Regular Expression Tester Form
26.6.8.To match words bread, read, or red
26.6.9.To match 'b{0,1}rea{0,1}d'