JavaScript RegExp - [^...]



Description

[^...] checks if any one character between the brackets is not present in the searched string.

Example

Following example shows usage of RegExp expression.

<html> <head> <title>JavaScript RegExp</title> </head> <body> <script type = "text/javascript"> var str = "first"; var pattern = /[^abcde]/g; var result = str.match(pattern); document.write("Test 1 - returned value : " + result); str = "second"; result = str.match(pattern); document.write("<br/>Test 2 - returned value : " + result); </script> </body> </html>

Output

Test 1 - returned value : f,i,r,s,t
Test 2 - returned value : s,o,n 
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