source Property

Returns a copy of the text of the regular expression pattern. Read-only.

rgExp.source

Arguments

• rgExp
  Required. A Regular Expression object.

Remarks

The rgExp can be a variable that stores a Regular Expression object, or it can be a regular expression literal.

Example

The following example illustrates the use of the source property:

var src = "The quick brown fox";
var re = /brown/g;

var s = "";
s += "The string '" + src + "'";

if (re.test(src))
    s += " contains ";
else
    s += " does not contain ";

s += "'" + re.source + "'.";
print (s);

The output of this program is as follows.

The string 'The quick brown fox' contains 'brown'.

Requirements

Version 3

Applies To:

Regular Expression Object

See Also

Concepts

Regular Expression Syntax

Reference

Regular Expression Object

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