Javascript Reference - JavaScript String search() Method
search() accepts a regular expression as the argument.
search() method returns the index of the first
pattern occurrence in the string.
search() returns -1 if not found.
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Syntax
string.search(aValue);
Parameter Values
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| aValue | Required. A regular expression. |
Return Value
Return the position of the first occurrence of the specified aValue.
Or -1 if no match is founds.
Example
var text = "loom, room, doom";
var pos = text.search(/asdf/);
console.log(pos); //-1
The code above generates the following result.
