JavaScript · Regular expressions

regexp.exec()

Returns the next match with groups and index, or null. Global patterns remember lastIndex.

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Syntax

re.exec(text)

Example

Try it

const re = /(\w+)-(\d+)/;
console.log(re.exec("css-12"));

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