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RegExp \ s metacharacter

RegExp Object Reference JavaScript RegExp Object

Definition and Usage

\ S metacharacter used to find blank characters.

Blank characters can be:

  • Space character (space character)
  • Tabs (tab character)
  • Carriage (carriage return character)
  • Newline character (new line character)
  • Vertical line break (vertical tab character)
  • Page breaks (form feed character)

grammar

new RegExp("\s")

或者更简单方式:

/\s/


Browser Support

Internet ExplorerFirefoxOperaGoogle ChromeSafari

All major browsers support \ s metacharacter


Examples

Examples

Whitespace string in a global search for:

var str="Is this all there is?";
var patt1=/\s/g;

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

Is this all there is?

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