Category Subject Sinopsys Description Example
Property global Whether or not the "g" flag is used with the regular expression
Property ignoreCase Whether or not the "i" flag is used with the regular expression.
Property input The string against which a regular expression is matched
Property lastIndex A read/write integer property that specifies the index at which to start the next match
Property lastMatch The last matched characters
Property lastParen The last parenthesized substring match
Property leftContext The substring preceding the most recent match
Property multiline Reflects whether or not to search in strings across multiple lines
Property rightContext The substring following the most recent match
Property source A read-only property that contains the text of the pattern, excluding the forward slashes and "g" or "i" flags
Function regexp.compile(pattern[, flags]) Compiles a regular expression object during execution of a script
Function regexp.exec([str]) Executes the search for a match in a specified string. Returns a result array
Function regexp.test([str]) Executes the search for a match between a regular expression and a specified string. Returns true or false