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The test() method in JavaScript checks for a match in a string using regular expressions and returns a boolean value. Regular expressions can include modifiers for case sensitivity and global matching, as well as brackets and metacharacters for pattern definition. Examples demonstrate how to validate email formats, numeric strings, and strings that start with a capital letter and end with a digit.

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The test() method in JavaScript checks for a match in a string using regular expressions and returns a boolean value. Regular expressions can include modifiers for case sensitivity and global matching, as well as brackets and metacharacters for pattern definition. Examples demonstrate how to validate email formats, numeric strings, and strings that start with a capital letter and end with a digit.

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JavaScript test() Method

The test() method tests for a match in a string.


This method returns true if it finds a match, otherwise it returns false.
Syntax
RegExpObject.test(string)

Return Value
Type Description

Boolean Returns true if it finds a match, otherwise it returns false

RegExp Object
A regular expression is an object that describes a pattern of characters.
Regular expressions are used to perform pattern-matching and "search-and-
replace" functions on text.
Syntax
/pattern/modifiers;

Example:
var pattern = /hello/i;
var str=”hellow world”;
var result=pattern.test(str);
// result will be true;

Modifiers
Modifiers are used to perform case-insensitive and global searches:
Modifier Description

i Perform case-insensitive matching


g Perform a global match (find all matches rather than
stopping after the first match)

m Perform multiline matching

Brackets
Brackets are used to find a range of characters:
Expression Description
[abc] Find any character between the brackets
[^abc] Find any character NOT between the brackets
[0-9] Find any character between the brackets (any digit)
[^0-9] Find any character NOT between the brackets (any non-digit)

Metacharacters
Metacharacters are characters with a special meaning:
Metacharacter Description

. Find a single character, except newline or line terminator

\w Find a word character

\W Find a non-word character

\d Find a digit

\D Find a non-digit character

\s Find a whitespace character

\S Find a non-whitespace character

\char Find a char


Quantifiers
Quantifier Description

n+ Matches any string that contains at least one n

n$ Matches any string with n at the end of it

^n Matches any string with n at the beginning of it

Example:
var pattern=/^h/g;
var str='hellow world';
var result=pattern.test(str);
//result=true

Example of Email Validation:


var email= "[email protected]";
var patt1 = /^[a-z]\S+@\S+\.\S+/i;
var result = patt1.test(email);
//result=true

Example of number only validation:


var num1 = "20122013";
var num2= "2012and2013";
var patt1 =/[^0-9]/g
var result1 = patt1.test(num1);
var result2=patt1.test(num2);
//result1=false
//result2=true

Example of String starts with capital-letter and end with digit validation
var result;
var result;
var num1 = "Ram9";
var startpatt =/^[A-Z]/;
var endpatt =/[0-9]$/;
var startresult = startpatt.test(num1);
var endresult = endpatt.test(num1);
if(startresult==true && endresult==true){
result=true;
}
else{
reslut=false;
}
//result=true;

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