JavaScript RegExp - \t

Quiz

Description

\t matches the Tab character (\u0009).

Example

Following example shows usage of RegExp expression.

<html>
   <head>
      <title>JavaScript RegExp</title>
   </head>
   
   <body>
      <script type = "text/javascript">
		 var str = "ab\tc";
         var pattern = /\t/g;

         var index = str.search(pattern);
         document.write("Test 1 - returned value : " +  index); 

         str = "abc";
         index = str.search(pattern);
         document.write("<br/>Test 2 - returned value : " +  index); 	 		 
      </script>
   </body>
</html>

Output

Test 1 - returned value : 2
Test 2 - returned value : -1

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