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JavaScript RegExp \w Metacharacter

< JavaScript RegExp Object

Example

Do a global search for word characters in a string:

var str = "Give 100%!";
var patt1 = /\w/g;

The marked text below shows where the expression gets a match:

Give 100%!
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Definition and Usage

The \w metacharacter is used to find a word character.

A word character is a character from a-z, A-Z, 0-9, including the _ (underscore) character.


Browser Support

Expression
\w Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Syntax

new RegExp("\\w")

or simply:

/\w/

Syntax with modifiers

new RegExp("\\w","g")

or simply:

/\w/g

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