Javascript Data Type How to - Find a date (dd/mm/yyyy) in a string

Question

We would like to know how to find a date (dd/mm/yyyy) in a string.

Answer


<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<script type='text/javascript'>
window.onload=function(){<!--from   w  w w  .  j  a v  a  2 s  .  c  om-->
function containsDate(inputString){
  return /\d{2}\/\d{2}\/\d{4}/.test(inputString)
}
//Expected results
document.writeln(containsDate("Today is 05/07/2015")); //= true
document.writeln(containsDate("Today is Friday")); //= false
}
</script>
</head>
<body>
</body>
</html>

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