any character regex javascript code example

Example 1: javascript regex reference

// Javascript Regex Reference
//  /abc/	A sequence of characters
//  /[abc]/	Any character from a set of characters
//  /[^abc]/	Any character not in a set of characters
//  /[0-9]/	Any character in a range of characters
//  /x+/	One or more occurrences of the pattern x
//  /x+?/	One or more occurrences, nongreedy
//  /x*/	Zero or more occurrences
//  /x?/	Zero or one occurrence
//  /x{2,4}/	Two to four occurrences
//  /(abc)/	A group
//  /a|b|c/	Any one of several patterns
//  /\d/	Any digit character
// /\w/	An alphanumeric character (“word character”)
//  /\s/	Any whitespace character
//  /./	Any character except newlines
//  /\b/	A word boundary
//  /^/	Start of input
//  /$/	End of input

Example 2: javascript regex match sequence

// Regular expression match sequence of characters
console.log(/abc/.test("abcde")); // true
console.log(/abc/.test("abxde")); // false

Example 3: javascript regex One or more occurrences of the pattern

// Regular expression 1 or more occurrences of the pattern
console.log(/'\d+'/.test("'123'")); // true
console.log(/'\d+'/.test("''")); // false

let cartoonCrying = /boo+(hoo+)+/i;
console.log(cartoonCrying.test("Boohoooohoohooo"));// true