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Regular Expression Match Workshop
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/*
JavaScript Bible, Fourth Edition
by Danny Goodman
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons CopyRight 2001
ISBN: 0764533428
*/
<HTML>
<HEAD>
<TITLE>Regular Expression Match</TITLE>
<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript">
function doMatch(form) {
var str = form.entry.value
var delim = (form.caseSens.checked) ? "/g" : "/gi"
var regexp = eval("/" + form.regexp.value + delim)
var resultArray = str.match(regexp)
if (resultArray) {
form.result.value = resultArray.toString()
form.count.value = resultArray.length
} else {
form.result.value = "<no matches>"
form.count.value = ""
}
}
</SCRIPT>
</HEAD>
<BODY>
<B>String Match with Regular Expressions</B>
<HR>
<FORM>
Enter a main string:<INPUT TYPE="text" NAME="entry" SIZE=60
VALUE="Many a maN and womAN have meant to visit GerMAny."><BR>
Enter a regular expression to match:<INPUT TYPE="text" NAME="regexp" SIZE=25
VALUE="\wa\w">
<INPUT TYPE="checkbox" NAME="caseSens">Case-sensitive<P>
<INPUT TYPE="button" VALUE="Execute match()" onClick="doMatch(this.form)">
<INPUT TYPE="reset"><P>
Result:<INPUT TYPE="text" NAME="result" SIZE=40><BR>
Count:<INPUT TYPE="text" NAME="count" SIZE=3><BR>
</FORM>
</BODY>
</HTML>
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