test regex in js code example

Example 1: javascript regex .test

const str = 'hello world!';
const result = /^hello/.test(str);

console.log(result); // true

/**
The test() method executes a search for a match between 
a regular expression and a specified string
*/

Example 2: using regex in javascript

//Adding '/' around regex
var regex = /\s/g;
//or using RegExp
var regex = new RegExp("\s", "g");