Match

type	returns
Method	array<string>

Arguments

name	type	description
regex	regex	Regex to match string

Explanation

Returns an array of matched strings. When and if the g flag is provided, .match() returns all the matches in the string. Regardless of flags, .match() will always return a string array.

Examples

"Hello! Hi!".match(/H.+?!/) == ["Hello!"]
"Hello! Hi!".match(/H.+?!/g) == ["Hello!", "Hi!"]