JavaScript RegExp - \uxxxx



Description

\uxxxx matches the Unicode character specified by the hexadecimal number xxxx; for example, \u0009 is the same as \t.

Example

Following example shows usage of RegExp expression.

<html> <head> <title>JavaScript RegExp</title> </head> <body> <script type = "text/javascript"> var str = "ab\u0009c"; var pattern = /\u0009/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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