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JavaScript String search() Method
The JavaScript string search() method is used to search the regular expression in the given string. This method returns -1, if match is not found.
Syntax
The search() method is represented by the following syntax:
Parameter
regexp – It represents the regular expression which is to be searched.
Return
The position of searched character.
JavaScript String search() Method Example
Let’s see some examples of search() method.
Example 1
Let’s see a simple example to search for a string.
Output:
16
Example 2
In this example, we will see that search() method is case-sensitive.
Output:
36
Example 3
We can ignore case-sensitive behaviour of search() method by using ignore flag. Let’s understand with the help of example:
Output:
16
Example 4
In this example, we will search a regular expression which is not present in the given string.
Output:
-1
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